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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

“You are never angry for the reason you think you are. There's an older hurt under that.”

Thinking Reason Hurt Angry

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“Our minds work like a garden. It is fertile ground that accepts any and everything we plant. Good or evil, constructive or destructive, our lives will bear the fruit of the seeds we plant in our minds.”

Thinking Mind Evil Accepting Our Lives Bears Garden Plant Fruit Seeds Destructive Constructive Fertile Fertile Ground

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

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

“Perhaps you went to bed last night thinking about the overdue bills, the lack of finances, the problematic people and situations you have to face. This morning you woke up. Did you give thanks? If you didn't, it is probably because you forgot that when praise goes up, the blessings come down. That should be enough to inspire you to be thankful.”

“Thinking is the problem. Thinking is hazardous to your progress in life. Don't think - feel.”

Thinking Feels Problem Progress Progress In Life

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“Forgive everybody for everything. Just forgive and start - most of us can't start with ourselves. We have to forgive the people we think did things to us. So that's fine. Start there - wherever. Start with the dog who peed on the rug. I don't care where you start, just do it.”

People Thinking Care Dog Fine Forgiving Don't Care I Don't Care Just Do It

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“I don't think there's such a thing as a selfish prayer. Prayer puts you in communication so you can talk about whatever you want to talk about.”

Thinking Want Prayer Communication Selfish

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“I don't think anybody can be held accountable or responsible for anyone's behaviors expect the individual. This goes beyond that particular situation.”

Thinking Individual Situation Particular Behavior Responsible

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“Until today, you may not have realized that your life provides the content of your obituary. Just for today, examine your life. Think about all of the things you want to leave behind. Remember, the good thing about doing this today is that you still have time to rewrite your life's content if necessary.”

Ifs Thinking Want May Stills Today Remember Behinds Good Things Obituary Just For Today

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

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

“We have a tendency to always test people's love. 'I want to see how badly I have to behave before you'll leave me. Because I don't really think you want me anyhow.'”

People Thinking Want Tests Tendencies Behave Want Me Leaving Me You Want Me

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“I'm not sure where I heard it or why I believed it but when I was in my mid-twenties, a few words changed my approach to and experience of prayer. The words were these: 'Every thought you think is a prayer. Every word you speak is a prayer. Every act in which you engage is a prayer, because the Spirit of God lives in you.' Now, how awesome is that?”

Thinking Spirit Speak Prayer Heard Changed Approach Twenties Not Sure Spirit Of God Few Words God Life Words You Speak

Book:Every Day I Pray: Prayers for Awakening to the Grace of Inner Communion

Source: Every Day I Pray: Prayers for Awakening to the Grace of Inner Communion

“I think as men begin to see things that address them, they will feel that they can relate. They can't relate to 'Basketball Wives,' 'Housewives of Atlanta.' I am not judging or criticizing those shows at all; what I am saying is the perspective is not necessarily the male perspective. 'Iyanla: Fix My Life' is inclusive of everyone.”

Thinking Men Feels Shows Life Is Wife Judging Perspective Basketball Males Relate Addresses Criticize Housewife Atlanta Not Judging

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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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“I've always told the truth. I think that's been part of the foundation of my career. I don't put myself above people. I don't put myself different than people. And I, for one, know that none of us is immune.”

People Thinking Knows Different Careers Foundation Immune

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“We think we have to do something to be grateful or something has to be done in order for us to be grateful, when gratitude is a state of being.”

Thinking States Done Order Gratitude Grateful Be Grateful Thank You

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“Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth.”

Thinking Believe Self Happens Levels Self Esteem Draws Reflection Self Worth Esteem About Yourself My Self Worth Great Self Esteem Help Self Esteem

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“We set the standard of how we want to be treated. Our relationships are reflections of the relationships we have with ourselves.”

Thinking Want Positive Thinking Standards Reflection Treated Our Relationship

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“When you need to be loved, you take love wherever you can find it. When you are desperate to be loved, feel love, know love, you seek out what you think love should look like. When you find love, or what you think love is, you will lie, kill, and steal to keep it. But learning about real love comes from within. It cannot be given. It cannot be taken away. It grows from your ability to re-create within yourself, the essence of loving experiences you have had in your life.”

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“You know why the road curves as you're driving along? It curves because if God showed us the distance from where we are to where we’re going, we’d think it was too far.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Distance Driving Curves

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“Anger is a little thing. Hate is a little thing. Order is a little thing. Each of these little things has a major impact on the big picture. Right thinking, right action, and right response to the little things will help us conquer the big things, like injustice, inequality, poverty, and disorder. Until we are each able to conquer and master the little things in our lives, the big things will remain undone.”

“In silence, we have an opportunity to reflect, listen, and gain new insights about ourselves. In silence, we can think, feel, and most important of all, breathe. When you seek guidance, understanding, clarity, or peace of mind, the first step is to master the art of silence and to rethink the value of solitude.”

Thinking Feels Mind Firsts Art Important Values Opportunity Understanding Silence Steps Masters Solitude Gains Insight Breathe Clarity Guidance Peace Of Mind First Steps

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“Trust is not about being comfortable. It is about being willing to move beyond your comfort zone when there is absolutely no evidence you will be supported. Think of it this way. Trust is based on your ability to stand your ground and rely on your own abilities, knowing that no matter what happens, you will be better off than you were in the beginning.”

Thinking Way Matter Happens Moving Ability Knowing Willing Comfort Comfortable Evidence No Matter What Rely Zone Comfort Zone Better Off Stand Your Ground

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“It is not your duty or responsibility to change the minds of other people. The nature of their thinking is advanced or limited by their experience. In your presence, they have an opportunity to learn about you and, perhaps, to grow.”

People Thinking Mind Opportunity Grows Responsibility Duty Your Presence Opportunities To Learn

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

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

“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

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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.”

“We can think, speak, and bring the best possible outcome into existence by focusing on where we are going, not on where we think we are.”

Thinking Speak Existence Outcomes

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“You can't do anything as long as you are afraid of what might happen. Fear clouds opportunities, erases possibilities, and limits the ability to move beyond the place in which the mind is stuck. No matter how difficult we think the problem is, we must muster up the courage to face it.”

Thinking Mind Long Matter Problem Might Happens Faces Moving Opportunity Difficult Ability Possibility Limits Clouds Stuck Erase Muster

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“The rules of the game of life are quite simple. Always tell the truth. Never live in fear of anything or anyone. Be conscious of what you are thinking so you can always think positively. Do everything that you do for the love of doing it. If you devote yourself, your time and your energy to following these rules, have no doubt - you cannot lose!”

Ifs Thinking Games Energy Loses Simple Doubt Conscious Following No Doubt Telling The Truth No Fear Positively Rules New Thought Think Positively Rules Of The Game Fear No Man

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“Affirm: I now willingly release all negative beliefs about myself, my life and all other people. I now forgive myself for thinking I ever did anything wrong. I am now filled with the love and the Power that I am. For this I am so grateful! And so it is!”

People Thinking Belief Negative Grateful Filled Forgiving Release Conquer Negativity So Grateful Negative Beliefs

Author:Iyanla Vanzant