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… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
You have a right to say no. Most of us have very weak and flaccid 'no' muscles. We feel guilty for saying no. We get ostracized and challenged for saying no, so we forget it's our choice. Your 'no' muscle… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
For some reason,we keep forgetting some of our experience. We look back but don't bring the value forward. We bring the anger, the upset.… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
“Life would be so much easier if, when we hit a snag in a relationship, any relationship, we would stop, address it, and move ahead smoothly. The truth is, in most cases, we could do just that. The reality is, we don’t do it! We keep moving. We allow little insults to become raging angers, little arguments to become festering… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share
How do you spell peace? P-R-A-Y-E-R! Anything you believe you need is available to you through prayer. We are not talking here about a… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
We are distracted from our greatness because are greatness is what scares us. Right where you are…God is. — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Some children do what they’re told to do; some children do what they’re told not to do; all children do what they’re parents have… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people, but until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes, with sex, but eventually, it will all ooze through and stain your life. You must find the strength… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share
We must each learn to feel comfortable in our own uniqueness by rising above the fear of being wrong and the aversion to being… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I am not seeking anything but service to my creator. I do not need a house, I do not need a car, I do not need any of that, but to be present with each guest that sits across from me, and I am committed to a bigger thing than me, which is the vision of own, because own is… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share
The remedy for life's broken pieces is not classes, workshops or books. Don't try to heal the broken pieces. Just forgive. — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
When someone entrusts their heart to you they are giving you a piece of their soul. You cannot treat the soul casually. You must… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
