Iyanla Vanzant Quotes

You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there.

Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change

Gratitude is like a magnet; the more grateful you are, the more you will receive to be grateful for.

Comparison is an act of violence against the self.

Change doesn't have to be hard, and healing doesn't have to hurt. Surely by now you know that every thing happens for a reason! There is something better awaiting you on the other side of this.

No storm can last forever. It will never rain 365 days consecutively. Keep in mind that trouble comes to pass, not to stay. Don't worry! No storm, not even the one in your life, can last forever.

Be patient with yourself. Be gentle with yourself. Know that all things are working in your favor. If you take one step toward the light of Spirit, Spirit will take five steps on your behalf.

Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now.

Everything happens when it needs to happen; everyone is always where they need to be. You will never miss out on what is meant for you, even if it has to come to you in a roundabout way.

Sitting alone, listening to the sound of your breath, the beating of your heart is a reminder that you are sacred and blessed.

Criticism does not make you smarter or better than the one you are criticizing. In fact, the stuff you are critical of in others is the same stuff you don't like about yourself.

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.

Every day is your day if you claim it. If you wait for somebody else to make it for you, you're going to be disappointed.

When you don't show up as who you are, people fall in love with who you're not. Then when they find out who you are, that's when they leave.

Everything we experience-no matter how unpleasant-comes into our lives to teach us something.

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

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

Listen for the instruction, instead of begging for the direction.

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

When was the last time you thanked you for always being there for you? Self appreciation soothes an aching soul.

Dear God, Please untie the nots. All of the can nots, should nots, may nots and have nots. Please erase from my mind the thoughts that I am not good enough.

When the time comes for you to make a change or to grow, the universe will make you so uncomfortable you will eventually have no choice.

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.

Before you find out who you are, you have to figure out who you aren't.

Love people enough to tell them the truth and respect them enough to trust that they can handle it.

You have a right to your thoughts and feelings. Your feelings are always valid.

Be patient when it seems things are not going right and may never be right again. Accept that what is yours will come to you in the right way at just the right moment.

If you should encounter angry or unkind actions today, take a deep breath, reach deep within and greet the lack of love with love.

Until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed

I surround people in unconditional acceptance and love to such a degree that everything that is unloving about them rises to the surface.

One thing that prevents a man from being a good father is he hasn't completed being a boy.

I am now willing to forgive myself . . . for believing I could offer something to others before I have offered it to myself.

Accept and acknowledge your own brilliance. Stop waiting for others to tell you how great you are! Believe it for yourself and about yourself.

Lives fall apart when they need to be rebuilt.

If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don't do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make.

You've got to be willing to lose everything to gain yourself.

Spiritual consciousness does not make your problems go away; it does, however, help you view them from a different vantage point.

We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem.

It is not what you hear, it is where you listen from within yourself that gives meaning to the message.

[God is] all that is. Everything. Everything. Breath, life. Just get Webster's Dictionary and throw it on the floor. It's everything... God is everything.

When someone entrusts their heart to you they are giving you a piece of their soul. You cannot treat the soul casually. You must protect, nurture and handle it with care.

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.

Without the a test you don't have a testimony.

When you are in alignment with the desires of your heart, things have a way of working out.

One way to eliminate self negating thoughts and behavior is by gaining more understanding through realizing that you cannot force others to see that what you feel is real.

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.

Anything that threatens, hinders, obstructs, denies, delays your capacity to stand fully up for yourself, within yourself, take it down.

Be aware that who you are and what you have to offer can be a beacon to some lost soul.

Everything is just as it needs to be. And if we would forgive, our minds and hearts would open and we could see another possibility.

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