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Iyanla Vanzant is a respected spiritual teacher and author, born on September 13, 1953. She is dedicated to helping individuals achieve spiritual fulfillment and personal growth through her teachings on self-improvement, healing, and transformation. Vanzant's work has been influential in inspiring many to embrace their spirituality and make positive changes in their lives.

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Famous Iyanla Vanzant Quotes

“The event is not what you should be working on. You should be working on your response or reaction to an event. You either react to it - that means you become victimized, and you say this thing is happening to you - or you respond to it and say the solution must come through you - that's where you stay focused, not on the rightness, wrongness, fairness of the event, but on the appropriateness of your response.”

Should Mean Events Solutions Happenings Response Focused Reactions Fairness Stay Focused Appropriateness

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“To me, freedom means having the power, the inherent right, the capacity and the ability to make choices that honour who I am.”

Mean Choices Freedom Ability Capacity Who I Am Honour Inherent

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“When your way doesn't work, don't be disheartened. You must be willing to try another way. A closed door doesn't mean you have been cut off permanently. It is a challenge, an obstacle, a tool to be used.”

Way Trying Mean Has Beens Used Challenges Cutting Doors Willing Tools Obstacles Encouraging Another Way Closed Doors Disheartened Willing To Try

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“You must be willing to give total unconditional love to everyone, under all circumstances. That means being willing to be totally responsible for what you do and how you do it.”

Giving Mean Willing Circumstances Responsible Unconditional Love Unconditional

Book:In The Meantime: Finding Yourself And The Love You Want

Source: In The Meantime: Finding Yourself And The Love You Want

“I encourage people to have a daily spiritual practice; that's the best way to take care of yourself. If you have that daily practice, it means you're getting divine guidance, and you're not being guided by your ego or your personality.”

People Mean Care Spiritual Divine Personality Ego Take Care Guidance Spiritual Practice Take Care Of Yourself

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“At your worst point, the quickest way to move through it is to be a contribution as opposed to focusing on your problems. If you focus on your problems and keep giving them attention, they're going to grow. If you ignore them and do something else - I don't mean act like they're not here - but do something meaningful, it helps you work through it.”

Ifs Way Giving Mean Helping Problem Moving Grows Attention Focus Worst Meaningful Contribution

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“I realized it was happening, but most people didn't realize it was happening. I mean, because as a self-employed person, when there is a recession or a cutback in the economy, we feel it first. Because many self-employed people provide services that are nonessential.”

People Feels Firsts Mean Persons Self Realizing Economy Happenings I Realized Employed Recessions Cutbacks

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“I think most people think that a spiritual path or growing spiritually means that all of a sudden you'll be able to forecast the six lotto numbers and all your bills will be paid.”

People Thinking Mean Able Spiritual Numbers Path Growing Six Paid Bills Spiritual Path Forecasts

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“You know, if you're a human and living on the planet, it doesn't matter what you do; you are not immune to the challenges, the trials, the difficulty. And that fact that I happen to be a coach and a minister and a spiritual teacher doesn't mean anything. I'm still human.”

Ifs Knows Humans Mean Stills Matter Facts Happens Spiritual Challenges Teacher Planets Difficulty Coaches Trials Ministers Immune Living On Spiritual Teachers

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“Loving yourself has nothing to do with being selfish, self-centered or self-engrossed. It means that you accept yourself for what you are. Loving yourself means that you accept responsibility for your own development, growth and happiness.”

Mean Self Growth Responsibility Accepting Development Selfish Self Centered Loving You Loving Yourself Accepting Yourself Being Selfish

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“There are times when we do not recognize that it is time for us to move forward. When life is ready for us to move and we resist, life will move us by any means necessary. What may feel like a disaster is actually a graduation. Remain open to being guided, supported and protected by the universe.”

Feels May Mean Moving Life Is Universe Ready Disaster Moving Forward Protected

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“It takes a lot more courage to let something go than it does to hang on to it, trying to make it better. Letting go doesn't mean ignoring a situation. Letting go means accepting what is, exactly as it is, without fear, resistance, or a struggle for control.”

Trying Mean Doe Situation Accepting Struggle Letting Go Resistance Overcoming Fear Accepting What Is

Book:Faith in the Valley: Lessons for Women on the Journey to Peace

Source: Faith in the Valley: Lessons for Women on the Journey to Peace

“Anger simply means that your personal power - your personal space, your personal sense of being - has been violated”

Mean Has Beens Space Being True Be True To Yourself True To Yourself Personal Power Personal Space

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“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

“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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“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

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“It’s self-full to be first, to be as good as possible to you. To take care of you, keep you whole and healthy. That doesn’t mean you disregard everything and everyone. But you want to come with your cup full. You know: ‘My cup runneth over.’ What comes out of the cup is for y’all. What’s in the cup is mine. But I’ve got to keep my cup full.”

Knows Want Firsts Mean Self Whole Care Mines Healthy Take Care Cups Disregard

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“Acceptance means that you know, regardless of what happened, that there is something bigger than you at work. It also means you know that you are okay and that you will continue to be okay.”

Knows Mean Happened Acceptance Okay Bigger Working It

Book:Forgiveness: 21 Days to Forgive Everyone for Everything

Source: Forgiveness: 21 Days to Forgive Everyone for Everything

“Step into this moment, because it is the only one you have right now. It is not wasted or thrown away. The divine opportunity could be stolen unless you tell yourself it is here right now; available to you this moment, to make of it anything you choose. Why not choose this moment, right now, to be available to yourself by declaring, I AM GOOD! . . . . The richness of the present is here. The fullness of now is present. If you are not here now, it means you could be missing the love, joy, peace and brand-new ideas that are here right now.”

Ifs Mean Ideas Moments Joy Opportunity Steps Missing Divine Right Now Available Brands Thrown Why Not You Choose New Ideas Stolen Fullness Richness Brand New Declaring

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“Authenticity means that you must do what you do the way you do it and allow everyone else the same courtesy.”

Way Mean Authenticity Courtesy

Book:One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days And 40 Nights Towards Spiritual Strength And Personal Growth

Source: One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days And 40 Nights Towards Spiritual Strength And Personal Growth

“Finally and most important of all, authenticity means that you must do what you do the way you do it and allow everyone else the same courtesy. There was a time I wanted to be like every famous writer that ever lived. I tried to copy styles, reframe information, use similar artwork. I almost drove myself crazy! Now I just do what I do. I have mentors. There are people whose work I admire, but I write the way I write. I eat the way I eat. I dress the way I dress. I can't believe that God made us each so unique only to have us do everything the same way.”

Source: One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days And 40 Nights Towards Spiritual Strength And Personal Growth