Iyanla Vanzant Quotes

I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.

I am of the opinion, and even more so the older I get, that it is more difficult to have hope than it is to despair. And I mean this in the sense that in order to have hope you must acknowledge the despair and then you have to get beyond it. Taken from a radio interview given on BBC Radio 4's Open Book

As individuals, we know that suffering is temporary, and hope is eternal.

We need hope, or else we cannot endure.

Every message of despair is the statement of a situation from which everybody must freely try to find a way out.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

I'm a relentlessly optimistic person, and I think 'The Waterhole' is a story of hope and that even though nature goes through cycles, we prevail in the end.

You can't cry when things get a little bit hard. You've just got to push through and know that there's a reason and end to the means.

Rightly conceived, time is the friend of all who are in any way in adversity, for its mazy road winds in and out of the shadows sooner or later into sunshine, and when one is at its darkest point one can be certain that presently it will grow brighte.

Even when you feel you've reached the end or edge of life, hold on. Life itself will ultimately take care of you.

Don't lose heart if it's very difficult at times, everything will come out all right and nobody can in the beginning do as he wishes.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

It's easy to have a great attitude when things are going our way...It's when difficult challenges rise before us...that attitude becomes the difference maker.

Every day is different, and some days are better than others, but no matter how challenging the day, I get up and live it.

Always maintain hopefulness, especially when the going is hard.

I’d always enjoyed life, and I knew I would again. But I was going to have to slog through a lot of bad patches to get there

If you can make it through the night, there's a brighter day.

No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.

I want to talk about hope. Are we going to be completely lambasted by things we don't see coming? Yeah. Is it going to damage the human race and hurt us? Probably many times. Are we going to get over it? Absolutely. Are we going to move through it? Yes.

No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

I want to believe that I'm not wrong. I want to believe that life isn't full of darkness. Even if storms come to pass, the sun will shine again. No matter how painful and hard the rain may beat down on me.

To live is to wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word.

Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better

You can't get to no better days Unless you make it through the night