685 Quotes by Iyanla Vanzant

I think most people think that a spiritual path or growing spiritually means that all of a sudden you’ll be able to forecast the six lotto numbers and all your bills will be paid.

Life doesn’t actually knock you down. It does, however, provide you with many opportunities to evaluate your standing in life: what you stand on, what you stand for, how you stand within yourself and for yourself.

I was also afraid that I wouldn’t be good enough to compete in that arena.

If a job isn’t worth dreaming about, it isn’t worth having. – Deborah Gregory.

Tell the truth about who you are, what you feel, what you want, what you’re up to. Tell the truth about that first to yourself and then to anybody else that’ll listen.

Comparison is an act of violence against the self. It also leads to judgments and jealousy of those we deem “better off” than we are. If we aren’t the ones doing the comparing, then we’re the ones against whom other women measure themselves. In either case, the comparison, judgments, and jealousy can lead to ugly behavior.

Respect you love one enough to know thay can handle your truth.

Whether you consider yourself religious, spiritual, somewhere in between, or nowhere on the continuum, your relationship with your Source, Creator, or Divine Essence impacts and affects every relationship in your life, including the relationship you have with yourself.

You know that you’ve healed an issue when you can talk about it and you’re not weeping, when you can speak to it and identify the lesson. You know that you’ve healed an issue when, having gone through that, has a benefit that you live today.