685 Quotes by Iyanla Vanzant

When you are not happy where you are, and you are not quite sure if you want to leave or how to leave, you are in the meantime. Its a state of limbo. You are hanging on, ready to let go, afraid to fall, not wanting to hurt yourself, afraid you will hurt someone else. In the meantime, you pray the other person will let go first so that you will not feel guilty.

Once we become aware of our issues and challenges, we become accountable to do something about it.

From speaking with my mother I learned that forgiveness is a process that begins with the choice to end your own suffering.

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

Feminine power is silent, dark, mysterious, healing, nurturing. A woman can walk into a room and control it. She doesn’t even have to open her mouth if she knows where her power is.

I’m okay, you’re okay. Now let’s go to work.

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.

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.

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.