Iyanla Vanzant on knowledge
Iyanla Vanzant71 quotes“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.”
More from Iyanla 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.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant No storm can last forever. It will never rain 365 days consecutively. Keep in mind that trouble comes to pass, not to stay. Don’t worry! No storm, not even the one in your life, can last forever.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant 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.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant With all things in life, we do not get what we ask for, we get what we expect.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant Give yourself permission to smile a lot today. In fact, why not make it a habit!
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant If you really want to live your life to the fullest and realize your greatest potential, you must be willing to run the risk of making some people mad. People may not like how you do it, but these people are not living your life. You are!
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant It is not what you hear, it is where you listen from within yourself that gives meaning to the message.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant Why do we hold onto negativity? For some reason, we believe that others are affected by our experience of remaining upset, hurt or angry. Holding on to pain, anger, guilt or shame is the glue that binds us to the situation we want to escape.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant
Original quotes
From our community writers
The more you suffer, the more you awaken.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Keep your faith strong enough to believe that you can manifest and receive what you want.
Lisa RoseLisa Rose Home is where your soul belongs.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful The right person will never get tired of you.
Sophie SmithSophie Smith You thought it wouldn’t live again. But it will live again.
Carisa DownsCarisa Downs The world is not allowed to make a meal of you, girl. It is there for your consuming.
Nikita GillNikita Gill We all carry the heaviest anchors without anyone having a clue about it.
Aaron BellAaron Bell And you have fast become my weakness, even as you remain my source of strength.
Alma-May NoaAlma-May Noa
Meet the writers
More on knowledge
I do not know what ‘moss’ stands for in the proverb , but if it stood for useful knowledge… I gathered more moss by rolling than I ever did at school.
Ernest ShackletonErnest Shackleton The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.
Elbert HubbardElbert Hubbard I believe that through knowledge and discipline, financial peace is possible for all of us.
Dave RamseyDave Ramsey You are an uncut gemstone of priceless value. Cut and polish your potential with knowledge, skills and service and you will be in great demand throughout your life.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley Feelings don’t have to make sense to be valid.
Sheleana AiyanaSheleana Aiyana Most people spend most of their time on low-priority busywork because it requires no additional knowledge, skills, or imagination-or courage. In a word, it’s easier.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley We all know a lot about something. We all have a passion about something.
Lewis HowesLewis Howes You know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena
