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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.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant Listen for the instruction, instead of begging for the direction.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant When your life is working there will be an absence of drama.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant You can direct the outcome of any situation you face through the power of thought. Keep your thoughts focused on the best possible outcome for everyone involved and never allow yourself to be pushed where you don’t choose to be.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant Each day, focus your attention on what you want. Each day, take one step that will bring you closer to it. ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE! The key is to identify it, claim it for yourself, and believe that you are worthy to have it.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant Their issues are not your issues.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant Sitting alone, listening to the sound of your breath, the beating of your heart is a reminder that you are sacred and blessed.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant It takes a lot more courage to let something go than it does to hang on to it, trying to make it better. Letting go doesn’t mean ignoring a situation. Letting go means accepting what is, exactly as it is, without fear, resistance, or a struggle for control.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant You have a right to your thoughts and feelings. Your feelings are always valid.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant Loving yourself has nothing to do with being selfish, self-centered or self-engrossed. It means that you accept yourself for what you are. Loving yourself means that you accept responsibility for your own development, growth and happiness.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant The only thing that goes on in your life is what your allow to go on in your life.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant Instead of running from what you don’t want, walk with commitment toward what you desire. Focus on where you are going rather than being obsessed with where you have been.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant You set the standards for how you will be treated. People will treat you the exact way you treat yourself. So be good to you. Take time for yourself. Rest. Play. Shower yourself with affection, support, and gifts.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant Before you find out who you are, you have to figure out who you aren’t.
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Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney Everything ceases to fade Leaving my soul all the pain.
Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas To attain success everyone speaks about consistency, don’t give up & patience but no one talk about the start.
Rohit DeoraRohit Deora Take a moment to look back. Change the process slightly from your discovery. Start again.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park The silence was broken with the music of your pain, but with every note i could see a part of you healing.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia It has been the craziest year filled with so many adventures, amazing friends, accomplishments & memories.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson They say what is lost can always be found in the last place you look but I wouldn’t be so sure that you’ll ever see this version of me again.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I want to see our demons complement each other for the rest of our lives.
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You can’t change what you don’t acknowledge.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton At the end of the day, whether or not those people are comfortable with how you’re living your life doesn’t matter. What matters is whether you’re comfortable with it.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer The truth doesn’t have versions, it just is.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw I love life, but not everything in it. I love people, but not all of them. I love myself, but not everything about me.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw I miss you deeply, unfathomably, senselessly, terribly.
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