Joel Osteen Quotes

Today, rather than looking for the worst in people, I encourage you to look for what's best within them.

Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up.

People pay to see others believe in themselves.

I couldn't even speak in front of a group of students when I was in high school. I could barely do that sort of thing. But once I started doing the "YES!" chant down to the ring and people would do it with me, it allowed me to feel more comfortable.

If you give people a chance, they shine.

My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish.

The rallying call to people is to give them hope. When you have hope, that's huge.

All we can ever do in the way of good to people is to encourage them to do good to themselves.

It is a blessing not yet to have acquired that over-keen, diagnostic, misanthropic eye, and to be able to look at people and things trustfully when one first sees them.

The point is, you have family and friends who love you. You have a world out there just waiting for you to conquer it. You have a life that will be anything you make it. That's the point.

My future will be better than my past.

You are not likely to bring out the best in people or nurture their creativity if every time you hear about their problems you instantly offer a solution Encourage people to look for their own solutions-and project the knowledge that they are capable of doing so.

Nothing in life has happened to you, it's happened FOR You!

I'm sure you get the best out of people if you look for the best in them. People don't need to be told when they've done something wrong - they know it without having to be told.

The best thing is to motivate people to do their own work. I'm not opposed to making money. But I started to play rock 'n' roll to motivate others, to shake things up, wake people up and to let other skinny, pimply marginalized weirdos know they're not alone.

All people have is hope. That's what brings the next day and whatever that day may bring... A hope grounded in the real world of living, friendship, work, family...

I always seek the good that is in people and leave the bad to Him who made mankind and knows how to round off the corners.

I've seen optimism because I grew up in communities of recovery where people put their lives back together and find tomorrows that they didn't think would be there. That fundamentally changed my life and is so much of where my hope comes from.

Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.

Real assistance is to help people to help themselves. We can't do everything for everybody, but there is room for all who try to make it.

What this country needs is more people to inspire others with confidence, and fewer people to discourage any initiative in the right direction more to get into the thick of things, fewer to sit on the sidelines, merely finding fault more to point out what's right with the world, and fewer to keep harping on what's wrong with it and more who are interested in lighting candles, and fewer who blow them out.

A life filled with opportunities and encouragement finds more and more opportunities and encouragement, and success becomes inevitable.

Give hope (the magic ingredient for success) — you will have hope and be made hopeful.

Be appreciative of what's right with your life. In your gratitude is power to make it even better

I was with a real jerk after the first heartbreak, and once I did the prerequisite eating an entire cake and singing "All By Myself" in the shower, I realized that people treat you badly when you let them, and that I had to respect myself and not let anyone else treat me that way again. If someone really loves you, they are your biggest champion, not your biggest detractor.