Iyanla Vanzant Quotes

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.

I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself.

You have to work on forgiveness and love, and that includes your own self.

Self-compassion is how we recover.

To my younger self, I would say not to be so hard on yourself. I think that you are your biggest critic.

You don't have to be a Kerli fan to be a Moon Child, and you don't have to be a Moon Child to be a Kerli fan. You just have to make the best of what you have and have compassion for yourself and for others always.

I loved reading the Dalai Lama's words: My religion is loving-kindness. I realized that meant loving-kindness to everyone in my life: past, present, and future; and that meant loving-kindness to myself-in my pain, in my jealousy, in my fear.

Be patient with yourself even when you make mistakes.

Be gentle with yourself. Kiss away your (imagined) faults and remember, if you saw you as God sees you, you would smile a lot.

I give myself the kindness and forgiveness I would show others.

Be the love you seek.

There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.

My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.

The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.

There's no wrong you can't make right again, so be kinder to yourself; you know, have fun, take chances. Those bounds.

Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me... I still love them, I still give them chances, and I still see the best in them. Let me extend that generosity to myself.

In me soul, I'm gentle.

We experience God to the extent to which we love, forgive, and focus on the good in others and ourselves.

I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way.

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

As a human being, it's in your nature, when somebody says something about you negatively, to defend yourself and lash back. That's what we all have to learn not to do. You have to forgive a person. And when you forgive a person, you have to forgive yourself.

Forgiveness for one's self is the only way we can keep going through life and give ourselves the best chance at being the best people we can be.

Forgiving yourself will help with giving yourself strength.

Yoga has given me more compassion for my imperfections.

Learning to love yourself is not going to happen overnight - the first step is trying to be kinder and more patient with yourself, and I understand that it takes time.