It is not your duty or responsibility to change the minds of other people. The nature of their thinking is advanced or limited by their experience. In your presence, they have an opportunity to learn about you and, perhaps, to grow.
IYANLA VANZANTBefore you find out who you are, you have to figure out who you aren’t.
More Iyanla Vanzant Quotes
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Everything you have done and been through is valuable and important. In order to be who you are, to know what you know, to be where you are in this moment, you needed to go through what you went through.
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Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.
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Their issues are not your issues.
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You will stumble at time, forget what you want, fall headfirst into your old habits and beliefs. Fear not! Always remember to be patient and loving with yourself and others because that is what God does all the time.
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Education does not take place when you learn something you did not know before. Education is your ability to use what you have learned to be better today than you were yesterday.
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Gratitude is like a magnet; the more grateful you are, the more you will receive to be grateful for.
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Before you find out who you are, you have to figure out who you aren’t.
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Most of us know exactly what it is that creates the pain, confusion, stagnation and disruption in our lives. When we find something or someone creating in our lives that which we do not want, we must muster the courage and strength to stop it.
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It’s important that we share our experiences with other people. Your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else. When you tell your story, you free yourself and give other people permission to acknowledge their own story.
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Nothing destroys self-worth, self-acceptance and self-love faster than denying what you feel. Without feelings, you would not know where you are in life. Nor would you know what areas you need to work on. Honor your feelings. Allow yourself to feel them.
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Love people enough to tell them the truth and respect them enough to trust that they can handle it.
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Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it’s the place where we find the deepest heartache.
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Lives fall apart when they need to be rebuilt.
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I am the one I have been looking for.
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When your life is working there will be an absence of drama.
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