In the words of Iyanla Vanzant:
You are never angry for the reason you think you are. There's an older hurt under that.
With all things in life, we do not get what we ask for, we get what we expect.
Always remember who you are. Know that you are never required to apologize to anyone for being yourself.
Thinking is the problem. Thinking is hazardous to your progress in life. Don't think - feel.
You have a right to your thoughts and feelings. Your feelings are always valid.
It's time for you to move, realizing that the thing you are seeking is also seeking you.
When you continue to give without receiving, the only thing you are proving is that you know how to be taken advantage of.
When you give to others to the degree that you sacrifice yourself, you make the other person a thief.
Comparing yourself to others is an act of violence against your authentic self.
When we have peace in our hearts and minds, we draw peace into our lives.
Listen for the instruction, instead of begging for the direction.
Sitting alone, listening to the sound of your breath, the beating of your heart is a reminder that you are sacred and blessed.
Your divine mate already exists. When you get to the place in yourself that is peaceful divine love, your true mate will be revealed.
Every day is your day if you claim it. If you wait for somebody else to make it for you, you're going to be disappointed.
Breathing deeply and releasing fear will help you get to where you want to be.
You can never love anyone to your own detriment. That is not love, that is possession, control, fear, or a combination of them all.
Wherever your gift is, that's where it's going to be your greatest challenge.
Everybody does not have to like you. That is not their job. Liking you is not anyone's purpose in life except yours.
Spiritual consciousness does not make your problems go away; it does, however, help you view them from a different vantage point.
It is important to acknowledge all your feelings and not beat yourself up for having them. Your feelings are not good or bad, they just are.
We must each learn to feel comfortable in our own uniqueness by rising above the fear of being wrong and the aversion to being different.
The remedy for life's broken pieces is not classes, workshops or books. Don't try to heal the broken pieces. Just forgive.
It is not what you hear, it is where you listen from within yourself that gives meaning to the message.
You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there.
Gratitude is like a magnet; the more grateful you are, the more you will receive to be grateful for.
Everything is just as it needs to be. And if we would forgive, our minds and hearts would open and we could see another possibility.
Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now.
We set the standard of how we want to be treated. Our relationships are reflections of the relationships we have with ourselves.
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.
When two broken people bring their broken pieces together, chances are they will never become a whole anything.
Anything that threatens, hinders, obstructs, denies, delays your capacity to stand fully up for yourself, within yourself, take it down.
You are the light of the world. You are an instrument of the Divine. You are the greatest miracle in the world. Life is graced by your presence.
If you should encounter angry or unkind actions today, take a deep breath, reach deep within and greet the lack of love with love.
Everything we experience-no matter how unpleasant-comes into our lives to teach us something.
I now realize that just because you can take a punch does not mean you must stand in front of a fist, particularly not when the fist is your own.
You can't just cry about the pain. You can't just pray about the pain. You must eliminate the pain.
If you want a real experience of serenity, look for the good. Affirm the good. Acknowledge the good.
Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it's the place where we find the deepest heartache.
The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first.
We're all in prison. All of us are in prison, but some of us have a key.
One thing that prevents a man from being a good father is he hasn't completed being a boy.
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.
When you can tell the story and it doesn't bring up any pain, you know it is healed.
People are hurting. People are suffering. But you can not get everywhere.
Be aware that who you are and what you have to offer can be a beacon to some lost soul.
Choice is a divine teacher, for when we choose we learn that nothing is ever put in our path without a reason.
Love people enough to tell them the truth and respect them enough to trust that they can handle it.
Most of us have just learned to exercise our survival muscle. It's time to build our victory muscle.
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.
When you are in alignment with the desires of your heart, things have a way of working out.
What keeps us from achieving our heart's desires is not anything outside of us, it's the conflict inside.
Sooner or later, we must all accept the fact that in a relationship, the only person you are dealing with is yourself.
Spirituality is not about what you know. It is about growing, deepening, evolving and becoming a living reflection of your spiritual identity.
Before you find out who you are, you have to figure out who you aren't.
You have set standards for how you want to be treated and what you expect from yourself and for yourself.
When the time comes for you to make a change or to grow, the universe will make you so uncomfortable you will eventually have no choice.
We can think, speak, and bring the best possible outcome into existence by focusing on where we are going, not on where we think we are.
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