Top 380 Iyanla Vanzant Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “The way we do one thing is the way we do everything.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

Featured in: Deep Quotes About Life

2. “The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

Featured in: Service Quotes, Caring Quotes, Helping Quotes, Quotes About Giving, Firsts Quotes

3. “Gratitude is like a magnet; the more grateful you are, the more you will receive to be grateful for.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

Featured in: Blessing Quotes, Self-Care Quotes, Joy Quotes, Healing Quotes, Gratitude Quotes

4. “You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

5. “Everything happens when it needs to happen; everyone is always where they need to be. You will never miss out on what is meant for you, even if it has to come to you in a roundabout way.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

Featured in: Blessing Quotes, Acceptance Quotes, Intention Quotes, Path Quotes, Flow Quotes

6. “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 Vanzant

7. “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 Vanzant

Featured in: New Beginnings Quotes, Recovery Quotes, Obstacles Quotes, Quotes About Hope, Survival Quotes

8. “When you stand and share your story in an empowering way, your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

Featured in: Recovery Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Women, Strong Women Quotes, Healing Quotes, Healing Grief Quotes

9. “I am just an ordinary person committed to doing extraordinary things.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

Featured in: Believe in Yourself Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Women

10. “Feminine power is silent, dark, mysterious, healing, nurturing. A woman can walk into a room and control it. She doesn’t even have to open her mouth if she knows where her power is.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

Featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women

11. “Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it’s the place where we find the deepest heartache.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

Featured in: Sorrow Quotes

12. “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.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

Featured in: Self-Care Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Women, Happy Sunday Quotes, Monday Morning Quotes, Good Morning Beautiful Quotes

13. “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.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

Featured in: Accountability Quotes, Life is Hard Quotes

14. “Do what brings you joy, and your purpose will unfold.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

Featured in: Motivational Quotes for Women, Monday Morning Quotes, Happy Friday Quotes, Love Yourself Quotes, Good Morning Beautiful Quotes

15. “I’m okay, you’re okay. Now let’s go to work.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

16. “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.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

17. “If you don’t have a vision you’re going to be stuck in what you know. And the only thing you know is what you’ve already seen.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

18. “If it’s not your story to tell, you don’t tell it.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

Featured in: Quotes About Stories

19. “Comparison is an act of violence against the self.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

20. “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.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

21. “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 Vanzant

22. “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 Vanzant

23. “Stay in your car in your lane on your road in your world. Stay in your own lane. Don’t be minding other people’s spiritual business. Stay in your car. In your lane. On your road. In your world.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

24. “When you are in alignment with the desires of your heart, things have a way of working out.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

25. “Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

26. “People you don’t love can’t hurt you.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

27. “It is important to acknowledge all your feelings and not beat yourself up for having them. Your feelings are not good or bad, they just are.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

28. “Use your time, energy and talents to do the best you can right now. Spend no time wishing it were better.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

29. “Love people enough to tell them the truth and respect them enough to trust that they can handle it.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

30. “I am not my sister’s keeper. I am my sister.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

31. “You are the light of the world. You are an instrument of the Divine. You are the greatest miracle in the world. Life is graced by your presence.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

32. “I now know that nothing in my life will change until I change the way I see my life and myself.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

33. “We set the standard of how we want to be treated. Our relationships are reflections of the relationships we have with ourselves.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

34. “Love is not all that is required in a relationship. It needs understanding, openness, kidness, patience, long-suffering.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

35. “You’ve got to be willing to lose everything to gain yourself.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

36. “Parents are teachers, guides, leaders, protectors and providers for their children.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

37. “Until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

38. “It’s time for you to move, realizing that the thing you are seeking is also seeking you.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

39. “The best students get the hardest lessons.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

40. “You work for God Incorporated.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

41. “Know thyself. Accept thyself. Love thyself. No matter what you have done, where you have been, know, accept, and love who you are.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

42. “Do not be afraid to experience your emotions; they are the path to your soul. Emotions erupt to remind us we are alive, that we are human. And to let us know we are growing. Trust yourself enough to feel what you feel.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

43. “Right where you are is where you need to be. Don’t fight it! Don’t run away from it! Stand firm! Take a deep breath. And another. And another. Now, ask yourself: Why is this in my world? What do I need to see?”

— Iyanla Vanzant

44. “The only way to get what you really want is to let go of what you don’t want.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

45. “Today, I choose awareness. I choose to be aware of the beauty of life and living. I choose to be aware of the simple pleasures in life. I choose awareness of joy, awareness of peace, and awareness of love.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

46. “You have a right to your thoughts and feelings. Your feelings are always valid.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

47. “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 Vanzant

48. “Your divine mate already exists. When you get to the place in yourself that is peaceful divine love, your true mate will be revealed.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

Featured in: Soulmate Quotes

49. “If you see crazy coming, cross the street!”

— Iyanla Vanzant

50. “Accept and acknowledge your own brilliance. Stop waiting for others to tell you how great you are! Believe it for yourself and about yourself.”

— Iyanla Vanzant