Joel Osteen Quotes

I'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.

Live your life to its fullest potential and don't really care too much about what other people think of you.

Approval isn’t necessary. It’s nice when you get it, but it’s not going to stop us from being who we are. I mean, if I’d have listened to approval, I’d never have made it one day onstage. But to be criticized, if there’s validity, as upset as you are, you can learn from it.

If it is something that is right for human beings, then I don't care if other people criticize. You cannot please everyone in the world.

Quit worrying about what other people think and just be who God made you to be. If you will run your race, God will take care of your critics.

Don't you ever wish you were someone else. You were meant to be the way you are exactly. Don't you ever say you don't like the way you are. When you learn to love yourself, you're better off by far.

I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.

I try to explain to people that the only way to be cool is to be who you truly are, and the only way to live life is to do the things that you want to do and be the person that you want to be no matter who that is or what that is or how you have to do it. That's the only way you can be genuinely happy.

You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I'm going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that's OK.

When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen.

Hiding, secrets, and not being able to be yourself is one of the worst things ever for a person. It gives you low self-esteem. You never get to reach that peak in your life. You should always be able to be yourself and be proud of yourself.

I am what I am.

I just look to be myself. I'm not trying to be nobody. I'm just trying to be the first Zion.

I just worry about myself. I'm just gonna be me and do me. If people appreciate it, cool. If not, I'm gonna still be me.

I have nothing to prove to anyone but myself.

I haven't really looked at myself as someone that needs to prove a point to anyone.

I don't care what people think anymore. I don't think I've got anything to prove.

I'm just doing me, and to me, that's what got me this far.

It's very, very important to be yourself, and that's the kind of message that I want to get across in my character as well. On TV, that's the message that I want to get across to fans of all ages, really: To get somewhere, you just have to be yourself. Don't ever change for anyone.

I take great pride in being who I am. Whether I'm broken or not, I am who I am.

I don't give a damn what people say about me. I like me the way I am, and who cares what other people say?

The big message is, you're the star in your own life. You don't have to change; you are who you are. Go and do what you want to do.

I'm going to be who I am and believe in what I bring to the table every day.