When you continue to give without receiving, the only thing you are proving is that you know how to be taken advantage of.
IYANLA VANZANTEverything 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.
More Iyanla Vanzant Quotes
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Before you find out who you are, you have to figure out who you aren’t.
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Have the courage to be exactly who you are without apology. Admit your mistakes without beating yourself up. Release all shame! Release all guilt! You cannot live if you are hiding behind what was. Focus on what is, right now, and that is you!
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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!
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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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I am the one I have been looking for.
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With all things in life, we do not get what we ask for, we get what we expect.
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Criticism does not make you smarter or better than the one you are criticizing. In fact, the stuff you are critical of in others is the same stuff you don’t like about yourself.
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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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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.
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You have a right to your thoughts and feelings. Your feelings are always valid.
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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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Listen for the instruction, instead of begging for the direction.
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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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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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You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there.
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