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All things are lessons that God would have us learn.


Iyanla Vanzant

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IYANLA VANZANT My father never kissed me, hugged me or told me that he loved me. As my only living parent, he becam...
IYANLA VANZANT I'm the person that I always was, but in terms of how I approach my living, I'm not the same...
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IYANLA VANZANT My purpose is to teach and demonstrate what is possible. To demonstrate love of God and good. Rememb...
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IYANLA VANZANT when you have something to do life will not allow you to ove foward until you do it.
IYANLA VANZANT Everyone has a purpose because God is a purposeful God.
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IYANLA VANZANT The voice I had accepted as Divine Guidance was actually the voice of my ego leading me right into d...
IYANLA VANZANT If you want to hear God laugh, tell Him your plans.
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IYANLA VANZANT You can never love anyone to your own detriment. That is not love, that is possession, control, fear...
IYANLA VANZANT Remain open. There is something bigger than you know going on here.
IYANLA VANZANT Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.
IYANLA VANZANT When you need to be loved, you take love wherever you can find it. When you are desperate to be love...
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IYANLA VANZANT I really don't have any weaknesses. I do have areas of my life that I am working on to grow, hea...
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IYANLA VANZANT You have a right to your thoughts and feelings. Your feelings are always valid.
IYANLA VANZANT If God wanted us all to be the same, he would have made us that way.
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DON WILLIAMS JR Tough lessons are the only way to learn this game.
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"Yes, son?" God asked.
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"Whe...
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MARK TWAIN I think people come into our lives for a reason, and we can learn from them, and they have lessons t...
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KURT VONNEGUT Unexpected travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God
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