Iyanla Vanzant Quotes

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

I really do see that anywhere I am, whether it's doing interviews a hundred in a row, that every situation I'm in, I'm at choice in the matter.

I don't ask anyone else to live my life. I have enough trouble doing that.

We can't live other people's lives for them. Even if we love them.

The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.

More power than all the success slogans ever penned by human hand is the realization for every man that he has but one boss. That boss is the man - he - himself.

You have to take control of your own life, your own destiny, and your own careers. You can't leave everything up to someone else, 'cause then you can look at them and blame them.

You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.

You decide the things that ultimately you do. You have choices in this world, and that's how I live.

If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.

I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.

Man must assume responsibility for the direction of his life and destiny.

National sovereignty can only be achieved after self-sovereignty.

This has always been my life and no one else's, and that's how it's always been since the day I came in it.

I'm all about owning your life.

Everyone has to run their own race and make their own decisions.

No one can decide what you should do, what course of action you should take to get where you wanna go, except for yourself.

I get advice, but the final decision about my life is one I always take alone.

Others do not define you - you define yourself through your words and actions.

I'm not going to give in to the critics. I'm going to stop on my own terms, not on when someone else thinks I should.

Put your future in good hands. Your own.

No one knows you better than you know yourself. Do the thing you want. Don't wait for someone else

You can only accomplish your object in life by complete disregard of the opinions of other people.