Joyce Meyer Quotes

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

In today's world, where everybody is so anticipating the next great thing and everyone is so ready to shut the door on people, I don't really care what the world says.

To date, my biggest lesson may be that judgment of others is never a good thing.

Do not be the judge of people; do not make assumptions about others. A person is destroyed by holding judgments about others.

Christians should not be hostile, they should not hate, they should not judge, and they should not condemn. But they also must not shy away from real Truth and real Christianity. Just because so many have “itching ears” and “will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions” does not mean Christians should be willing to scratch that itch.

I've learned that no matter what I do, people are going to have their opinions.

We must take our friends as they are.

The truth is I try to take people as I find them.

Everybody likes to hold up a really big righteous sword when people make mistakes. Well guess what, now it's recorded and everyone has access to it... so let's stop judging people.

Our human tendency is to be impatient with the person who cannot see the truth that is so plain to us. We must be careful that our impatience is not interpreted as condemnation or rejection.

I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and suffered. That is not love. Acceptance is.

A lot of Christians look at Hollywood as the ultimate evil. But what it did for me is it sharpened my ability to love people and appreciate people, no matter where they're at in their lives.

I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a lot of Christians doing. Christians can be so judgmental that it can turn off people who are considering converting. It makes me a little embarrassed, to tell you the truth, when I hear Christians criticizing others.

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

You can't expect everyone to love you. I'm not someone who just wants to throw out hate, just because.

He who hates vice hates men.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.

I'm not really concerned with trying to turn haters into believers.

I don't judge. Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business.

Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human.

I got a lot of empathy from my mother growing up, and I think it prevented me from ever really just writing people off.

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

The least amount of judging we can do, the better off we are.

Wait until the baby is born before you start criticising it, I say!