Iyanla Vanzant

We voluntary participate in things that we know are causing us harm because we believe we’re powerless to do anything about it.

Iyanla Vanzant

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

Iyanla Vanzant

What is it that would make a creature as fierce, majestic and powerful as a lion is, subject itself to the intimidation of a man a whip and a chair? The lion has been taught to forget what it is.

Iyanla Vanzant

What would it take for you to forget all your troubles? Are you willing to simply forget all your troubles today? When you remove your attention from a problem, it gets bored and moves away!

Iyanla Vanzant

When Oprah Winfrey tells you that you need to have your own show, you feel compelled to do it. Especially if she’s gonna pay for it!

Iyanla Vanzant

When we want to move beyond the pain, when we want to feel better, when we are ready to move beyond where we are, emotionally and spiritually, we must forgive.

Iyanla Vanzant

When you continue to give without receiving, the only thing you are proving is that you know how to be taken advantage of.

Iyanla Vanzant

When you feel unprotected, unsupported and unprepared to take care of yourself, your insides will feel if you have been through a train wreck. The best way to describe this experience is that you are having a head on body collision between your wannabe and your can never be.

Iyanla Vanzant

When you find yourself in a new situation, everything that requires healing is going to rush to the surface.

Iyanla Vanzant

When you find yourself in the darkness of an unfamiliar experience, do not fight God for control. What you can’t see, God can!

Iyanla Vanzant