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 VANZANT
IYANLA VANZANT
Iyanla Vanzant on acceptance
Iyanla Vanzant71 quotes“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.”
More from Iyanla Vanzant
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 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
Original quotes
From our community writers
Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
Juwairiyyah OlgarJuwairiyyah Olgar
Meet the writers
More on acceptance
The sign of a good society is where talent is respected.
Irrfan KhanIrrfan Khan You are everything to me, that includes every broken piece of you.
Vincent JamesVincent James We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth from whatever source it comes to us, even if it is brought to us by former generations and foreign people. For him who seeks the truth there is nothing of higher value than truth itself.
Al-KindiAl-Kindi As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.
Dick CavettDick Cavett I’d be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn’t believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don’t think it does.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney Art has no other object than to set aside the symbols of practical utility, the generalities that are conventionally and socially accepted, everything in fact which masks reality from us, in order to set us face to face with reality itself.
Henri BergsonHenri Bergson Every genius I have met could be classified as crazy by most people. They possess the highest level of sanity that us people find difficult to understand and accept.
Barbara WaltersBarbara Walters Come forward as servants of Islam, organise the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody.
Muhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali Jinnah