Iyanla Vanzant Quotes

I never allowed other people's expectations to determine whatever course I took. I had to reach a decision about what I was going to do based on what I felt inside myself.

It doesn't matter what people think of me. I've lived my life.

All I'm gonna do is just go on and do what I feel.

I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.

I've learned to think, I may succeed or fail, but I'm going to do so on the merit of my own instincts.

I know what's best for me, and I want to do things my way. So, now I listen to my inner voice and my heart - and that's how I make my decisions.

I don't care about anything but what I want to do. You can't worry about what else is happening out there. You have to be true to yourself.

A person who is severely impaired never knows his hidden sources of strength until he is treated like a normal human being and encouraged to shape his own life.

I spent a lifetime giving my power away, assuming that everybody knew better what was right for me than me. And then there comes a point in your life you go, Oh, wait a second! There's an a-ha moment when you realize that the only person that can delegate your future is you.

Every breath I take becomes deeper, and I become more confident of myself without my crutches. The lies I've filled my body and soul with aren't needed anymore. They're not welcome. I choose to live, not just exist.

I realize now how much courage it takes to choose the life you want, whatever that might be.

People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.

You have to believe in yourself and only trust your own vision and instincts. If I'd listened to what other people thought about my work in the first 10 years that I was a writer, I never would have made it to begin with.

Sticking to your values, listening to your instincts, making your own choices is so important.

I can't point to a single person or incident that changed my life, but the recognition that there is a certain world order, has been consequential. It has empowered me to do things my way. I found an inner truth by which I abide.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

Follow your own star!

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.

When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.

I don't listen to people's opinions. I have people around me who I can trust, but most of all I listen to myself.

I decided I was sick of trying to figure out what everybody else wanted, and I should just decide what I want, and be honest, and not spend all my time guessing.

My mom told me to do whatever I wanted to do and don't get too anxious about it.

You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.