685 Quotes by Iyanla Vanzant

Embrace the truth. Speak the truth. Be the truth. When we welcome the truth, we live our lives like it’s golden.

If you’re not willing to let your partner see your cellulite or know your biggest fears, then you aren’t really ready to share yourself.

Honor your own Self. Meditate on your own Self. Worship your own Self. Kneel to your own Self. Understand your own Self. Your God dwells within you as you.

When you’re the strong one, people don’t give you permission to hurt.

We’re all in prison. All of us are in prison, but some of us have a key.

Forgiveness is not forgetting; it is simply denying your pain the right to control your life.

Work is not just about getting paid what you’re worth. It is about using your gifts, sharing the best of who you are, and using what brings you joy to make someone else’s life better.” Never in my life had I heard anything like that. At the time, it sounded crazy.

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.

Ponder said to write down what I wanted and to forgive myself for not having it.