685 Quotes by Iyanla Vanzant

Today, I ask to be forgiven for it all as I forgive others. Today, I choose to see the world and all people with the eyes of love, acceptance, and peace.

Everybody’s got a ‘thing.’ Some ‘things’ are nice and quiet. Some ‘things’ have fangs and claws. Some ‘things’ stink and have slobber everywhere.

Truth is love’s mother, and we all know it is not wise to lie to anyone’s mother.

Wherever your gift is, that’s where it’s going to be your greatest challenge.

Sometimes on the journey, you step in dog poop. But you don’t let the whole journey be about the fact that your shoe got poop on it.

What we eventually uncovered was that I was afraid – afraid to ask for what I wanted, afraid to speak up for myself, afraid that I didn’t have what it took to do what I really wanted to do. In response to my fears, I blamed other people for what I considered their failure to acknowledge me. The conversation didn’t stop there.

The extent and extenuation of your pain renders you unconscious.

The greatest gift of surrender was that it helped me to realize that it is arrogant of me not to forgive myself when God forgives me.

Be willing to share all of who you are. So many of us want a partner, but we’re not willing to show all of us.