Iyanla Vanzant Quotes

I don’t feel that this is unfair. That’s the thing about cancer. I’m not the only one, it happens all the time to people. I’m not special. This just intensifies what I did. It gives it more meaning. It’ll inspire more people. I just wish people would realize that anything’s possible if you try; dreams are made possible if you try

We should take heart from our own experience and performance. In a cynical world we have become an inspiration to many.

All the people who knock me down, only inspire me to do better.

I want to talk to the bullied kids of the world. Tell them to hang on, it will get better. Know that an 'Iron Chef,' actors, musicians, artists and all successful people have probably been bullied in their life. And the best part of your life is yet to come. Whatever it takes to live, do it!

'Try Again' - every time I hear that song, it just brings a smile to your face. When you're feeling like crap, and you hear, 'Dust yourself off and try again,' it kind of just puts you in a different mindset, 100 percent.

I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you.

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.

I was told I would become nothing. Now I am showing people how big nothing is.

I thank every bully I ever had because that's the only reason I'm here. I learned how to not be affected by it and triumph over it, and that made me - again, if I had any success whatsoever, it's because these people made fun of me.

The theme of my life is overcoming. It is my personal mantra and what I help other people do.

I see I'm changing the game and opening doors for others, from my beginning from the east end of London. It's not a sob story; it made me the person I am today. It's seeing kids from any area or background you're from. There's a chance; you can make it.

I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.

No matter how bad things get, eventually the sun is going to shine. If you just keep at it, pursuing your goals, eventually good things happen to decent people. For a person who is set on his goals, good things will happen. Everyone deals with adversity, it's how you bounce back from it.

My dad would tell me to, 'Play for those who couldn't play.' So my motivation is for people who struggle in life daily.

Great people are not people who have never fallen down. Greatness has to do with how you get back up.

Tell your story: yes, tell your story! Give your example. Tell everyone that it's possible, and other people will then have the courage to face their own mountains.

When you fly high people will throw stones at you. Don't look down. Just fly higher so the stones won't reach you

We always want to see people strive and see the human spirit triumph against adversity. That's what it's all about because that's what we're doing. We're trying to triumph in our lives.

Pursue your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities.

When you think you can't, revisit a previous triumph.

The depth of your struggle determines the height of your success.

My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish.

Dream big, my friend, and never give up. We all make mistakes, but none of us are mistakes. Take one day at a time. Embrace the positive attitudes, perspectives, principles and truths I share, and you, too, will overcome.

Look up, get up and don't ever give up.

When you fall, feel the pain. And then stand up. You were born for victory. And failure has no place in your world.