Iyanla Vanzant Quotes - Page 4

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• 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.

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  Mean, Acceptance, Bigger

  Iyanla Vanzant (2013). “Forgiveness: 21 Days to Forgive Everyone for Everything”, p.20, Hay House, Inc

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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!

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  Grateful, Thinking, People

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Mar 25, 2016

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

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  Inspiring, Feelings, Thoughts And Feelings

  Iyanla Vanzant (2012). “One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days And 40 Nights Towards Spiritual Strength And Personal Growth”, p.185, Simon and Schuster

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• The journey into self-love and self-acceptance must begin with self-examination. ... until you take the journey of self-reflection, it is almost impossible to grow or learn in life.

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  Acceptance, Reflection, Journey

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• With all things in life, we do not get what we ask for, we get what we expect.

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  Things In Life, All Things, Asks

  Iyanla Vanzant (2008). “Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Women”, p.145, Hay House, Inc

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• There comes a point in time when you must know that everything you have already given or done is enough. This is not something anyone else can tell you. You must know. Giving without receiving doesn't prove anything except that you know how to be taken advantage of.

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  Taken, Giving, Receiving

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Jan 22, 2016

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• 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.

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  Regret, Fear, Mistake

  Twitter post from Sep 30, 2016

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• Comparing yourself to others is an act of violence against your authentic self.

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  Self, Violence, Compare

  Twitter post from Sep 2, 2012

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• Speak and live in simple sentences. Bring closure -- put a period to -- those experiences that you don't want to carry on forever and ever. Use commas in those places where you're still growing... and use exclamation points at the end of every lesson.

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  Simple, Exclamation Points, Forever

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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.

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  Love You, Thinking, Remember You

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from May 05, 2016

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• You are the love you seek. You are the companionship you desire. You are your own completion, your own wholeness. You are your best friend, your confidant. 'You are,' as poetess Audre Lourde wrote, 'the one that you are looking for.' You are the only one who can do what you are looking for someone else to do.

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  Love You, Desire, Companionship

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Oct 31, 2011

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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.

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  Responsibility, Opportunity, Thinking

  Iyanla Vanzant (2012). “Acts Of Faith: Daily Meditations for People of Colour”, Simon and Schuster

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• When you know something or someone in your life is unhealthy or unproductive, that you have grown beyond where they are and where they want to keep you, you must let go. If you tell yourself you do not see it when you do, or if you tell yourself it will get better, you are not being honest with yourself. Stop trying to fix things or change things. Simply let go.

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  Letting Go, Trying, Get Better

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Nov 22, 2015

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

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  Inspirational, Gains, Willing

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

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  Spiritual, Views, Going Away

  Iyanla Vanzant (1996). “The Value in the Valley: A Black Woman's Guide Through Life's Dilemmas”, Touchstone

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• Most of us know exactly what it is that creates the pain, confusion, stagnation and disruption in our lives. When we find something or someone creating in our lives that which we do not want, we must muster the courage and strength to stop it.

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  Pain, Creating, Confusion

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Aug 03, 2016

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• You are always being prepared for something better or protected from something worse.

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  Something Better, Prepared, Protected

  Iyanla Vanzant (2012). “In The Meantime: Finding Yourself And The Love You Want”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

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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.

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  Self Esteem, Believe, Self Worth

  "Bamboolizing Black America: Classified". Book by E. Malcolm Wise, 2013.

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• All of us have ways in which we mask and cover our pain.

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  Pain, Way, Mask

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• You set the standards for how you will be treated. People will treat you the exact way you treat yourself. So be good to you. Take time for yourself. Rest. Play. Shower yourself with affection, support, and gifts.

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  Play, People, Support

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Jun 27, 2014

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• Everybody does not have to like you. That is not their job. Liking you is not anyone's purpose in life except yours.

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  Jobs, Doe, Purpose

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Mar 16, 2013

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• What keeps us from achieving our heart's desires is not anything outside of us, it's the conflict inside.

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  Heart, Tough Times, Desire

  "My Brief and Wondrous Conversation with Iyanla Vanzant". Interview with Britni Danielle, britnidanielle.com. Sep 12, 2012.

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• When you make a decision and a commitment to do something good for yourself, it is like dropping a pebble in a pond. It has a rippling effect. The firmer the decision, the stronger the frequency and wider the range of things that will be reached.

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  Commitment, Decision, Stronger

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Apr 09, 2016

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• It’s self-full to be first, to be as good as possible to you. To take care of you, keep you whole and healthy. That doesn’t mean you disregard everything and everyone. But you want to come with your cup full. You know: ‘My cup runneth over.’ What comes out of the cup is for y’all. What’s in the cup is mine. But I’ve got to keep my cup full.

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  Mean, Self, Healthy

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• If you don't ask for what you need, the need will keep getting bigger.

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  Needs, Bigger, Asks

  Twitter post from Mar 22, 2017

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