When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments you, then compliment yourself. It's not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It's up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside. Joel Osteen More Quotes by Joel Osteen More Quotes From Joel Osteen Don’t simply settle for what your parents had. You can go further than that. You can do more, have more, be more. Joel Osteen settling parent can-do You may have made a lot of wrong choices, but you’ve also made a lot of choices that were right. Focus on your good qualities. Focus on your victories. Get off the treadmill of guilt. Joel Osteen victory focus choices Life is not too short... we just wait too long to begin it. Joel Osteen life-is waiting long You don't know why God has put that person in your path. It's not a coincidence. He's strategically lined up every person, every detail and every step of your life. Now do your part--don't miss an opportunity to do good for others. Joel Osteen details missing opportunity I think the first thing to do is to be aware that you can choose what you're thinking about and that your life is going down the path that you're thinking. Joel Osteen path firsts thinking Jesus didn't go around condemning people. The Bible says it's the goodness of God that leads people to repentance. Joel Osteen goodness people jesus If you give, you will be blessed. Joel Osteen abundance blessed giving I think faith is incredible important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it. Joel Osteen grief believe thinking If we say it long enough eventually we're going to reap a harvest. We're going to get exactly what we're saying. Joel Osteen self-empowerment abundance long People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind. Joel Osteen easter inspirational past God puts people in our lives on purpose so we can help them succeed and help them become all He created them to be. Most people will not reach their full potential without somebody else believing in them. Joel Osteen full-potential believe people You can’t think thoughts of mediocrity and expect to excel. The two don’t go together. Joel Osteen together two thinking It takes the same amount of energy to worry as it does to believe. Joel Osteen energy worry believe The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift. There's no guarantee of tomorrow. And part of my whole philosophy is: this day is too important to live it angry, upset, discouraged or stressed out if plans don't work out. This is life, and I'm going to move on. Joel Osteen work-out philosophy moving I'm for everybody. You may not agree with me, but to me it's not my job to try to straighten everybody out. The Gospel is called the good news. My message is a message of hope, that's God's [message] for you. You can live a good life no matter what's happened to you. Joel Osteen good-life trying jobs There's plenty about God that I don't understand and can't explain. But I come back to my core belief that God is good, that He's for us. Joel Osteen core plenty belief I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I'm not here to preach hate or push people down. Joel Osteen hate journey believe I believe the scripture says that being gay is a sin. Joel Osteen scripture gay believe Salvation and Christ's love is a gift. You don't earn it. You've got to receive that gift. I think one of the most important things is starting off the day forgiving others and forgiving yourself. You learn from your mistakes, but I don't think you have to drag them back into today. Joel Osteen mistake love-is thinking Every one of us has secret dreams and desires along with seeds of greatness implanted within us. You too have gifts to share with this world. There is buried treasure within you, waiting to be discovered. Your full potential has not been released yet. Your God-given divine destiny awaits you. Joel Osteen destiny greatness dream
