Iyanla Vanzant Quotes

Live life on your own path. Everybody's got something different. You can't keep up with all those people, so you better keep up with yourself.

Everybody has their own path. Everybody peaks at different times.

I think all of us make the mistake of thinking we're going to change people when we get together. But we're not. People are who they are. And people change in their own time.

I'm fascinated by people's process. Everyone's process is a little bit different, and just to see the different paths that people take to get where they are is really interesting to me.

I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.

Don't try to change people. It won't work, and they will end up resenting you. Only God can change people!

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

Everybody has their own path. I got mine.

Every person has his or her own journey.

'Days Before Rodeo' is just the journey of me finding out who I am.

Some people are just born human, the rest of us, we take a lifetime to get there.

Many people will never learn the lessons meant for them in this lifetime, nor become the person they were meant to be, simply because they are too busy being someone else.

I know, for a fact, that I'm a very different person on my own than I am with someone else. We are different with each other. These things are constantly adjusted. And that's true of humans. That's not just true of famous people.

Basically, we are all different and we all have something to learn and it doesn't mean people need to change who you are but one should be open to new things and, above all, tolerance and understanding are essential for growth and happiness.

The stuffs you're good at and the stuffs you're bad at are just different parts of the same thing. Same goes for people you love and the people you don't. And the people who love you and the people who don't. The only thing that mattered was that you cared about a few people.

What I have learned in my life and work is that the more I am able to be myself, the more it enables other people to be themselves.

You do not need to be different from who you are. You only need to be more of the person you already are.

Everyone has to grow up and that's what we're all doing; we're just doing it in different ways.

Be aware that you can truly help people only by aiding them to become what they are, not what you are. I have heard you say 'If I were you, I would do this, or that.' 'I' am never 'you'--and my solutions may not be yours.

I know that people have different ways to see me but I'm used to it.

You're trying to figure out who you are when you're younger. However, once you've found yourself, you run your race, and you run in your own lane.

I like people, but to learn about one individual always appeals to me more than anything.

Give people permission to be who they are and they will love, thank, and respect you forever.

You can't make people who you want them to be. That was a hard lesson for me.