Quotes from Iyanla Vanzant

Stop chasing things that are beneath the truth of who you are. Stop holding on to things and people that weigh you down. Stop behaving in ways that don't honor the divinity and nobility within you.

THE REASON YOU KEEP ATTRACTING THE ONES WHO LEAVE IS BECAUSE YOU EXPECT THEM TO DO SO.

Father, let me remember You are here, surrounding me with Your everlasting Love, perfect peace, and joy. I pivot my attention to the natural dwelling place of my mind, my natural awareness. These are the thoughts that move and keep my mind safe in You, free of the ego's ideas that hurt me. Let me remember You are here, and I am not alone.

WHEN YOU HAVE A PAYCHECK-TO-PAYCHECK MENTALITY, IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING

The heart and the spirit also shed. They shed the emotions and experiences that we no longer need. They shed the things that stunt our growth. This, too, is an invisible process. Yet because of the energy involved, the emotional energy, we often feel the emotional and spiritual shedding. It feels as if we are dying. We are. Just like the flowers and the trees, we are dying to an old identity. This shedding, or death, is not the end of us. It is the beginning.

WHEN WE HAVE UNFORGIVING THOUGHTS ABOUT ANYONE OR ANYTHING, IT BLOCKS THE POSITIVE FLOW OF GOOD INTO OUR LIVES.

I prefer a church which is bruised, hurting, and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security." The

Until you trust you, you will be suspicious, disconnected and dishonest with yourself and everyone else

The challenge with those whom we love is that they are the only ones who can get close enough to us to cause us heartbreak.

Sharing what you've learned and helping others is a good source of renewal.

An unpeaceful mind cannot hear God. Any unpeaceful feeling is the indicator that what I am thinking is forgivable.

within me so that my divine relationship with all men will be restored. I ask for the will to forgive and move forward in love. I lay down my weapons. I open my heart. I forgive. I let it be! And so it is!

When we know, believe, and understand that we are individual expressions of God, trusting ourselves and trusting God are the same. There is no separation.

I had loved one man most of life only to have him leave me not once or twice but four times for someone else.

Before you can live a part of you has to die.

When I asked Shaheerah why she believes it is so difficult for people to trust God, she said, "Because God is intangible and invisible, it is easier to believe what you been told about God than it is to learn about God through experience." As

Relieving pain, like building trust, is an inside job. It is only when you have been broken down mentally, emotionally, or spiritually and choose to stand up and keep moving that you can know the true meaning and value of trust. Trust is a function of choice. Trust grows in hearts that have often been broken open by pain. Trust can unfold in response to devastation, disappointment, and, more often than not, a depth of dysfunction that threatens the human soul. But

I also learned that when we have unforgiving thoughts about anyone or anything, it blocks the positive flow of good into our lives.

There is a healing power to releasing what was that allows you to receive what is and will always be—more than enough.

If a job isn't worth dreaming about, it isn't worth having. — Deborah Gregory

Unfortunately, it is normal to get stuck on the heartbreak, and in doing so miss the lessons.

The key to learning and knowing that we can trust God is to recognize that there is a spirit within us that is connected to God. It

No matter what, "I forgive everyone for everything!

Much to my surprise, as I set them free, I was able to forgive myself for the judgments I had made about them. I now hold them in a loving space in my heart and honor them as my ancestors who love me and guide me each day.