Iyanla Vanzant Quotes

“Spirituality is a journey inward that connects the Self to yourself. When you know who you are from the inside out, when you do what you sense is right for you, when your thoughts lead you to actions that serve others as well as make you feel good, then you have encountered spirituality.”

Knows Feels Wells Self Action Spirituality Journey Who You Are Feel Good Inward Make You Feel Good

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“When there is breakdown in a relationship, you must have the hard conversation. It may not be pretty and it may not feel good. But if you are willing to listen and tell the truth, it will open up.”

Ifs Feels May Hard Willing Conversation Feel Good Telling The Truth Breakdown

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“I now realize that just because you can take a punch does not mean you must stand in front of a fist, particularly not when the fist is your own.”

Mean Doe Realizing Fronts Fists

Book:Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Women

Source: Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Women

“If you want a real experience of serenity, look for the good. Affirm the good. Acknowledge the good.”

Ifs Want Looks Real Acknowledge Serenity

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Black Girls rock because we have no other choice.”

Choices Girl Black Rocks Black Girl

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“When two broken people bring their broken pieces together, chances are they will never become a whole anything.”

People Two Whole Together Chance Pieces Broken Chances Are Broken Pieces

Book:Peace from Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You're Going Through

Source: Peace from Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You're Going Through

“Till your mental soil with determination. Fertilize your emotional soil with positive words. And plant the seed of your heart's desire with your disciplined efforts.”

Heart Desire Effort Emotional Determination Plant Seeds Soil Positive Words

Book:Until Today!: Daily Devotions for Spiritual Growth and Peace of Mind

Source: Until Today!: Daily Devotions for Spiritual Growth and Peace of Mind

“When do you feel most loved? Are you willing to be loved today? Self-love is the magnet that attracts deep and profound expressions of love from others”

Feels Self Today Love Is Willing Expression Self Love Profound Magnet Expressions Of Love

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“If you want peace, be peace. If you want wealth, be wealth. Think it. Talk it. Prepare yourself to have it. Have faith enough to seek guidance and authority from within.”

Ifs Thinking Want Enough Wealth Authority Guidance Have Faith

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Do not be afraid to experience your emotions; they are the path to your soul. Emotions erupt to remind us we are alive, that we are human. And to let us know we are growing. Trust yourself enough to feel what you feel.”

Knows Feels Humans Soul Enough Emotion Path Alive Growing Your Soul Trust Yourself

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“We make our days pleasant or miserable. If we insist on being miserable, irritable and nasty, more than likely the day will give us exactly what we give it. A day is too valuable to waste on misery and unhappiness.”

Ifs Giving Waste Misery Valuable Miserable Pleasant Unhappiness Nasty

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“Every choice you make supersedes and overrides every other choice you make.”

Choices Choices You Make

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“You are the love you seek. You are the companionship you desire. You are your own completion, your own wholeness. You are your best friend, your confidant. 'You are,' as poetess Audre Lourde wrote, 'the one that you are looking for.' You are the only one who can do what you are looking for someone else to do.”

Desire Can Do Love You Wholeness Companionship Completion Your Best Friend Confidant Lourdes

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“Each of us face a moment in our lives called 'the breakdown moment.' This is the time when you must stand toe to toe, eyeball to eyeball, with the very thing you have tried desperately to avoid. In that moment, when there is nothing standing between you and the thing you fear the most, you will be forced to step into your greatness, because that is what life is demanding of you.”

Moments Faces Life Is Steps Our Lives Greatness Standing That Moment Toes Breakdown Eyeballs Moments In Our Lives

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“Comparing yourself to others is an act of violence against your authentic self.”

Self Violence Compare Authentic Self Acts Of Violence Comparing Yourself Comparing Yourself To Others

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“Forgiveness means accepting what is or what has been and becoming willing to see it differently. You cannot un-hear what you have heard or un-see what you have seen. What you can do is stop believing that what occurred has somehow left you broken, damaged and wounded. While forgiveness ain’t easy, it’s the most important inner work you can do within your mind and heart.”

Mind Believe Heart Mean Has Beens Important Left Easy Can Do Accepting Heard Willing Broken Becoming Wounded Heart And Mind Accepting What Is

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“When you continue to give without receiving, the only thing you are proving is that you know how to be taken advantage of.”

Knows Giving Know How Taken Prove Advantage Receiving Taken Advantage

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“Trying to prove something to someone is never a valid reason for doing anything.”

Trying Reason Prove

Book:Until Today!: Daily Devotions for Spiritual Growth and Peace of

Source: Until Today!: Daily Devotions for Spiritual Growth and Peace of

“If it's not your story to tell, you don't tell it.”

Ifs Stories

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“One of the greatest challenges in creating a joyful, peaceful and abundant life is taking responsibility for what you do and how you do it. As long as you can blame someone else, be angry with someone else, point the finger at someone else, you are not taking responsibility for your life.”

Long Life Is Challenges Responsibility Creating Blame Angry Fingers Peaceful Joyful Taking Responsibility Abundant Life Responsibility For Your Life Blame Someone

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“You must be ready in mind, body, and spirit before you can make a change. People cannot convince you to do it. You cannot force you to do it. Everything you think, say, and do until that happens is just preparation. So love yourself right now. Honor yourself. Keep talking to yourself. Keep thinking ready thoughts. In the meantime, try to remember you will not be ready until you are ready.”

“Love is durable. It's like Teflon. ...Trust is like fine china. Secrets destroy trust.”

Love Is Secret Fine China Teflon Fine China

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“Don't hold yourself back because you're afraid or because you've been hurt...acknowle dge your fear, accept it, and walk through it with confidence.”

Hurt Walks Accepting Been Hurt

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“The only energy that has any power in your life is the gift of breath from God.”

Life Is Energy Breaths

Book:Acts Of Faith: Daily Meditations for People of Colour

Source: Acts Of Faith: Daily Meditations for People of Colour

“Have you doubted your progress, regretted your choices, put yourself down? Remember that you are doing just fine. Remind yourself right now that no matter what it looks like, you are doing the best you can. And getting better. Encourage yourself, support yourself, and celebrate every little thing about yourself.”

Looks Littles Matter Remember Choices Support Progress Like You Fine Right Now No Matter What Celebrate Get Better Little Things About Yourself Doubted Stay Motivated

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“To honor life, we must be willing to grow through what we don't know yet, and outgrow what we know no longer fits us. We must be willing to give in to the process, moment by moment, realizing a new plot may be unfolding.”

Knows Giving May Moments Grows Process Realizing Willing Honor Fit Plot Unfolding

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“Until you are willing to accept total and complete responsibility for every aspect of your life, your life will keep sending you experiences designed to get your attention.”

Attention Responsibility Accepting Willing Aspect

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“I let go of the past and choose to accept every situation as being for me and not against me.”

Past Situation Accepting Letting Go

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“A man who is not accountable to anyone is a danger to himself”

Men Danger

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“Prayer is asking for rain. Faith is carrying an umbrella. Faith is the inner sense of knowing that with divine order working on your side, all things will come together for your good. Faith is knowing that there is a divine plan and purpose for everything in life”

Together Purpose Order Sides Prayer Knowing Plans Divine Rain All Things Asking Your Side Umbrella Good Faith Divine Order

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“We must learn not to give up when requirements are not met or when commitments are broken. To do so is a refusal to allow mistakes to be corrected and a demonstration of an unwillingness to forgive yourself or anyone else who needs forgiveness.”

Needs Giving Mistake Broken Mets Giving Up Commitment Forgiving Requirements Not Giving Up Refusal Demonstration Forgive Yourself

Book:Peace from Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You're Going Through

Source: Peace from Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You're Going Through

“Have the courage to speak your mind and tell the truth from a position of love rather than anger or fear, being open to accept the views of others without feeling threatened or defeated, relinquishing the ego's need to be in control by demonstrating the willingness to do whatever it takes to establish peace.”

Needs Mind Feelings Speak Views Accepting Position Ego Telling The Truth Willingness Defeated Threatened Whatever It Takes Demonstrating Relinquishing Speak Your Mind Relinquishing Control

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“Never judge your clarity based on someone else's response.”

Judging Response Clarity

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“The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first.”

Way Firsts Helping Achieve Willing Powerful Women Trailblazing

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“No whining, no complaining about anyone. Everybody in your life has come to teach you lessons.”

Teach Lessons Complaining Whining No Complaining

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“Everyone is always looking for their beloved. Well, why can't you be your own beloved? Fall in love with yourself.”

Wells Fall Healing Love You Falling In Love Beloved

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“If you don't have a test, you won't be able to have a testimony.”

Ifs Able Healing Tests Testimony

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Stop hiding! Stop holding yourself back and playing yourself down! Stop worrying about how you look and what people are saying. Stop listening to what people are saying and trying to find out if they are whispering about you. Stop waiting for someone to tell you that you are okay or to make you feel special. Life is special! It is a special gift. This is your life! Now take your gift and live it out in the open! Decide today that you are going to live out loud!”

Source: Until Today!: Daily Devotions for Spiritual Growth and Peace of

“Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it's the place where we find the deepest heartache.”

Havens Identity Safe Unity Supposed To Be Heartache Emotional Abuse Farming Family Love Safe Haven

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“There is nothing you need to do to make yourself more acceptable to God. You don't have to work harder, nor do you need to change the kind of work you do. You don't have to give more money to charitable organizations. The reality is, God doesn't want you to give anyone anything if you only do it to impress God! God does not love you or find you acceptable because of anything that you do. God loves you and accepts you because you are a part of God.”

“You must earn what you have. Life does not give you anything. You must give in order to get. You must stand up to the very thing that challenges you, look it in the face, get clear about your intention, order your thoughts and your life, and proceed without fear or hesitation. Life is not unfair. Along the way, you will always find bits of information and support to guide you to purpose.”

Way Giving Looks Doe Faces Life Is Purpose Order Bits Challenges Support Clear Information Intention Guides Unfair Hesitation

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Everything you have done and been through is valuable and important. In order to be who you are, to know what you know, to be where you are in this moment, you needed to go through what you went through.”

Knows Important Done Moments Past Order Knowledge Knowing Personality Needed Experience Who You Are Valuable Where You Are Life Experience Speakers Be Who You Are

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Don't get hung up on the hard times, the challenges. Tell your story by highlighting the victories. Because it's your victories that will inspire, motivate, encourage other people to live their stories in grander ways.”

People Way Hard Stories Challenges Inspire Victory Hard Times Hung Highlighting

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“What looks like a failure teaches us what not to do, what does not work. We have lessons to learn from our experiences.”

Looks Doe Teach Lessons

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“When you make a decision and a commitment to do something good for yourself, it is like dropping a pebble in a pond. It has a rippling effect. The firmer the decision, the stronger the frequency and wider the range of things that will be reached.”

Decision Effects Commitment Stronger Range Frequency Dropping Ponds Pebbles

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“If you don't have a vision you're going to be stuck in what you know. And the only thing you know is what you've already seen.”

Ifs Knows Vision Stuck

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“Changing your life does not always mean that you stop doing certain things. It may mean that you start doing certain other things. What you really want to do is nurture the attitude that you are open to learning more about yourself. Accepting more about yourself. This is what will inspire you to do something new.”

Want May Mean Doe Certain Attitude Accepting Inspire Something New About Yourself Nurture Changing Your Life Learning More

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“At every single moment, we are given the opportunity to choose our future. What we do today will determine what we face next week, next month, or next year. It is at the moment of a particular occurrence that we are called upon to make a choice: Will I do it the way I've always done it, or will I do it a different way.”

Way Years Different Done Moments Today Faces Choices Next Opportunity Given Week Particular Months Determine Different Ways Our Future Next Year Single Mom Next Week

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“You can't just cry about the pain. You can't just pray about the pain. You must eliminate the pain.”

Pain Cry Praying

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“The only thing that goes on in your life is what your allow to go on in your life”

Life Is Goes On

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