When you're the strong one, people don't give you permission to hurt. — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
When you don't show up as who you are, people fall in love with who you're not. Then when they find out… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there. — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
People say I've had a difficult time in life. I think I've had an exciting time in life. — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
All relationships have the same basic components: people, needs, and expectations. — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I hope that my story, I hope that my life is... an encouragement for people, especially in Brooklyn. I feel humbled and… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I surround people in unconditional acceptance and love to such a degree that everything that is unloving about them rises to the… — 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,… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
When two broken people bring their broken pieces together, chances are they will never become a whole anything. — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I see a couple of things missing. Any society, any community, even in the family, when the elders don't do their jobs,… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I think most people think that a spiritual path or growing spiritually means that all of a sudden you'll be able to… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
You set the standards for how you will be treated. People will treat you the exact way you treat yourself. So be… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Affirm: I now willingly release all negative beliefs about myself, my life and all other people. I now forgive myself for thinking… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Many people want payback and to see others suffer. Forgiveness is the key to freedom. You can choose to be enslaved and… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Don't get hung up on the hard times, the challenges. Tell your story by highlighting the victories. Because it's your victories that… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I realized it was happening, but most people didn't realize it was happening. I mean, because as a self-employed person, when there… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
For most of my life, I believed that my father had broken many of my bones. They were emotional and psychological bones;… — 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,… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Many self-employed people provide services that are nonessential. So whether you get your hair done less or your hair cut less, or… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I wasn't ready for fame and all that brings to your life. It was an amazing experience, but so overwhelming, because no… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
What do you do when it seems as if people want to stay in their pain. They have a story to tell… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Perhaps you went to bed last night thinking about the overdue bills, the lack of finances, the problematic people and situations you… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I have learned the hard way to mind my business, without judging who people are and what they do. I am more… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Everything that's happening in our world is a function of what is going on inside of people. We are violent in our… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Finally and most important of all, authenticity means that you must do what you do the way you do it and allow… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I'm focusing on healing lives and teaching people that they can heal - giving them tools to heal. — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
People may not like what you do, people may not like how you do it, but these people are not living your… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
You're demonstrating a courage that most people can't even fathom: giving it all away in order to have yourself — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Love people enough to tell them the truth and respect them enough to trust that they can handle it. — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
When you give to others to the degree you sacrifice yourself, you make others a thief. They are stealing from you what… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I encourage people to have a daily spiritual practice; that's the best way to take care of yourself. If you have that… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
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.… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
It is not your duty or responsibility to change the minds of other people. The nature of their thinking is advanced or… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
There is a lot of healing going on. Really! More people are vegetarians, more are in the green movement, more of us… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I've always wanted people to know who they are from the inside. Then they can create the life they desire and deserve.… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Any time there is 'un-forgiveness' between people who love each other, there is suffering. Any time people face challenges that they really… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Forgive everybody for everything. Just forgive and start - most of us can't start with ourselves. We have to forgive the people… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I have a daily message, 'Stimumail,' which I use to stimulate the mind and heart. I have the opportunity to touch over… — 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… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
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… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
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… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
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
