Iyanla Vanzant Quotes

The door to my heart opens inward. I move through forgiveness to love.

Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood.

Whenever we are ill, we need to search our hearts to see what we need to forgive.

I don’t write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it out of mine. For my own sake I must forgive you.

All this time, Lev ever realized what he needed. He did not need to be adored or pitied. He needed to be forgiven. Not by God, who is all forgiving. Not by people like Marcus and Pastor Dan, who would always stand by his side. He needed to be forgiven by an unforgiving world.

Forgive yourself. Forgive others. Don't wait.

What have I to forgive and whom?

We say of some things that they can't be forgiven, or that we will never forgive ourselves. But we do-we do it all the time.

Forgive everyone everything.

Buried beneath disappointment and fear, anger and pride, I just might find it in my heart to forgive.

Now here's a good one: you're lying on your deathbed. You have one hour to live. Who is it, exactly, you have needed all these years to forgive?

The remedy for life's broken pieces is not classes, workshops or books. Don't try to heal the broken pieces. Just forgive.

I didn't know if I would ever reconcile with my family, and I needed to believe that I could forgive, regardless.

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender

While it takes at least two to reconcile, it only takes one to forgive.

Then she made up her mind.It was absurd to pretend that he did not exist.It no longer hurt her to see him. She opened the door wide and let him into her life again.

To forgive is merely to remember only the loving thoughts you gave in the past, and those that were given you. All the rest must be forgotten.

...forgiving is not the same as forgetting.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.

Forgive yourself. The supreme act of forgiveness is when you can forgive yourself for all the wounds you've created in your own life. Forgiveness is an act of self-love. When you forgive yourself, self-acceptance begins and self-love grows.

What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?

The very person you find it hardest to forgive is the one you need to let go of the most. Forgiveness means letting go. It has nothing to do with condoning behavior, it's just letting the whole thing go. We do not have to know how to forgive. All we need to do is be willing to forgive. The Universe will take care of the hows.

I was forgiven by forgiving many things Including my long-ago childhood I was healed, but I intended [ to ] heal I've just noticed, the way I was saved by love Though I tried to keep love away.

What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.