"Why can't women get along? Because we're afraid.……" — Iyanla Vanzant
"Why can't women get along? Because we're afraid. We're afraid to be vulnerable. We're afraid to be soft. We're afraid to be hurt. But most of all, we're afraid of our power. So we become controlling and aggressive and vicious."
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Iyanla Vanzant
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351 Quotes by Iyanla Vanzant
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Forgive yourself for believing that youre anything less than beautiful.
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Just for today, allow yourself to embrace all that you are every moment. Know that you are a vessel of…
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I have a body, but I am not my body. I have a face, but I am not my face.
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
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I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most…
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I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm…
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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck…
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Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
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As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
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