Joyce Meyer Quotes

“Your value should not be determined by how somebody else has treated you.”

“I was tormented with guilt for years and years. In fact, it was so bad that if I didn't feel wrong, I didn't feel right!”

“So what if you're not perfect? nobody else is either.”

“Breaking old habits and forming new ones always takes time, but it is worth it in the end.”

“Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you're not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation!”

“You can look at a person's attitude and know what kind of thinking is prevalent in his life... It's better to be positive and wrong than negative and right!”

“We can't control what other people do and how they treat us, but we can control our response to them.”

“Stop focusing on what's wrong with everyone else and start focusing on how blessed you are.”

“A person who refuses to give up will always succeed eventually.”

“Everytime you feed the flesh, you strenghten it. This is good if you are trying to build a good habit, but detrimental if you are trying to stop a bad habit. The way to "kill the flesh" is to starve it; to stop feeding it.”

“The source of our stress isn't really difficulties, circumstances and situations-it's our attitude and approach toward them.”

“When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there's a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we're going to see things through to the finish or quit.”

“There are two kinds of pain: the pain of change and the pain of never changing and remaining the same.”

“I believe that a lot of people in our society today, people who have been hurt and even people who haven't been hurt, get their worth and value from what they do, what they look like, what they own, what kind of job they have, what kind of house they live in, how much money they have, what social circles they're in, what level of education they have, especially even how other people respond to them. They feel better about themselves if everybody is giving a smiling nod to the way they look and all their choices.”

“Perhaps we could enjoy ordinary, everyday life more if we learned to celebrate the ordinary.”

“Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you've started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can't get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?”

“It's very inexpensive to give a compliment.”

“All of our problems start in our minds.”

“There are no drive-thru breakthroughs. Breakthroughs take time.”

“Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.”

“Having a rough day? Place your hand over your heart. Feel that? It's called purpose. You're alive for a reason. Don't give up”

“Don't live like there's no tomorrow because tomorrow always comes.”

“It is sad that today many times people give up in the hard times and never get to enjoy the fruit of all their labor.”

“So often, we blame other people when, really, the problem is right down in here. I'm not happy. I don't know what's wrong. If I just had another job, I could be happy. If I just get married, I would be happy. Well if I just wasn't married, I would be happy. Well, if I just had some kids, I'll be happy. I'll be happy when these kids finally grow up and get out of here. If I had a bigger house, I would be happy. Well, I got a big house. Now if I just had a maid to clean, I'd be happy. Well, now if I just had a maid I could get along with better, I'd be happy.”

“You can not live your life just based on what everyone else thinks.”