If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don’t do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make.
IYANLA VANZANTEverything 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 Iyanla Vanzant Quotes
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Listen for the instruction, instead of begging for the direction.
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Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now.
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We set the standard of how we want to be treated. Our relationships are reflections of the relationships we have with ourselves.
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You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there.
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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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Life doesn’t actually knock you down. It does, however, provide you with many opportunities to evaluate your standing in life: what you stand on, what you stand for, how you stand within yourself and for yourself.
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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.
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Every day is your day if you claim it. If you wait for somebody else to make it for you, you’re going to be disappointed.
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Be patient with yourself. Be gentle with yourself. Know that all things are working in your favor. If you take one step toward the light of Spirit, Spirit will take five steps on your behalf.
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You have a right to your thoughts and feelings. Your feelings are always valid.
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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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When you continue to give without receiving, the only thing you are proving is that you know how to be taken advantage of.
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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.
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Sometimes you have to lose everything in order to gain yourself.
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Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth.
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Lives fall apart when they need to be rebuilt.
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People may not like what you do, people may not like how you do it, but these people are not living your life. You are!
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Change doesn’t have to be hard, and healing doesn’t have to hurt. Surely by now you know that every thing happens for a reason! There is something better awaiting you on the other side of this.
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You do not have to love what is going on in your life, but you must accept that it, whatever it is, is going on. As long as you do not accept reality, you are powerless to define the role you will play.
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Fear wears so many clever disguises it is virtually impossible to always recognize it. Fear disguises itself as the need to be somewhere else, doing something else, not knowing how to do something or not needing to do something.
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Life will let you get away with something for a while, but sooner or later, you will pay the price. Everything you do in life causes the effects that you experience. When you get the bill, be prepared to pay.
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Don’t get hung up on the hard times, the challenges. Tell your story by highlighting the victories. Because it’s your victories that will inspire, motivate, encourage other people to live their stories in grander ways.
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Speak and live in simple sentences. Bring closure- put a period to- those experiences that you don’t want to carry on forever and ever. Use commas in those places where you’re still growing and use exclamation points at the end of every lesson.
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When you’re the strong one, people don’t give you permission to hurt.
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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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When you stand and share your story in an empowering way, your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else.
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