Joel Osteen Quotes

It is more pleasant to remember others than to be remembered.

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.

You have to give people the pleasure of giving you.

Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.

Generosity and gratitude are inseparably linked.

Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.

Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.

I love getting stuff, and if I give a present to someone and don't get one back, you can bet your life they won't be getting one next year.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

I was raised in a very humble environment, and I was always taught to be humble to the things that are happening in my life because they're blessings. They're blessings in every way. Whether you're able to help someone get through a tough time in their life through your music or through comedy, or whatever it is, you're just a channel.

I would never do anything to hurt anybody, especially if they're helping me. I'm not that kind of person.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

He who gives love, receives love.

Being humble matters.

I know that if I concentrate on making other people shine, I will shine. It is really about the other person, never about you.

Now that we have a bit of money, it is nice to get gifts for people. Before I was getting and not really giving.

You just make yourself available to be full of love. And to be truthful and honest, 100 percent.

Work at being a humble person.

I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

When you're doing a job that benefits other people, it's easy to assume that they feel conscious of the fact that you're doing this work - that they should feel grateful, and that they should and do feel guilty about not helping you.

Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.

It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept.

There is such a thing as 'thanks-feeling' - feeling thankful. This ought to be the general, universal spirit of the Christian.

Michael Jackson has a very good heart. He was crying when he was giving me the award, 'cause his mind went back over the early days.