"Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism,..." - Quote by Joyce Meyer
Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude.
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“People often ask me how I keep my priorities straight in life and I tell them that it is done by constantly straightening them out!”
“I'm sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message to anybody. Everybody reads.”
“Don’t let someone who has a bad attitude give it to you.”
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“I just saw an ad the other day that I couldn't believe. There was this woman-and I think it's degrading to womankind-she was going out of her mind over a new product called "A Thousand Flushes." Here she was in her toilet, saying, "Oh, I love this product!" and, "My life is complete!" Good God-if your joy depends on "A Thousand Flushes," you're sick!”
“A joy shared is a joy doubled.”
“Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.”
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“Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince the person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise.”
“See if you can catch yourself complaining in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.”
“Be a force of love as often as you can and turn away negative thoughts whenever you feel them surface.”