Joyce Meyer Quotes

Life inflicts the same setbacks and tragedies on the optimist as on the pessimist, but the optimist weathers them better.

Focusing on the negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult

We all go through things in life, and it's just how you deal with it. Try to stay positive throughout the worst.

Accomplishment comes from making positive efforts, even in the face of negative circumstances.

Disappointments are inevitable; discouragement is a choice.

What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.

Yes, hardships come. But I see in my life and in the lives of others how often something that does not have to be held as a hardship is dealt with by the mind as though it is.

I have learned to look upon each little hindrance as a jest and each great one as a foreshadowing of victory.

Life gives no one immunity against adversity, but life gives to everyone the power of positive thought which is sufficient to master all circumstances of adversity and convert them into benefits.

Being positive in a negative situation is not naive. It's leadership.

I learned not to get too happy about good news or too distraught about bad.

Sometimes things don't go exactly as you'd wish. You have to be mentally strong to overcome those moments.

No matter what comes your way, shake it off and move forward. When you have a positive mindset, you can't be defeated.

It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.

Disappointments will come and go, but discouragement is a choice that you make.

We can choose to gather to our hearts the thorns of disappointment, failure, loneliness, and dismay in our present situation. Or we can gather the flowers of God's grace, boundless love, abiding presence, and unmatched joy. I choose to gather the flowers.

Something horrible may have happened to you, but you always have a choice in how you respond to it. You have the "Why does bad stuff always happen to me? I'm never going to find happiness" option, and the "This sucks but I'm going to learn and evolve from it, examine what role I played in it, and ultimately it will help me become the person I'm supposed to be" option.

If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look and feel the same. Tolerance for disappointment, determination, and a belief in self are the heart of hope.

When obstacles have been put in front of me, I just get around them and move past them and laugh at them.

You do not need to let anything get you down, but if you are down you certainly need not let anything keep you down.

I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude... When my attitudes are right theres no challenge too great for me.

Because in life, the question is not if you will have problems, but how you are going to deal with them. Stop failing backward and start failing forward!

There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations.

Leaders must learn to discipline their disappointments. It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what happens that makes the difference in how our lives turn out.

When things are difficult, smile by faith. Don't wait until you feel better.