Joel Osteen Quotes

When at length we tire of putting people down, this self-inflicted fatigue can give way to the invigorating calisthenics of lifting people up.

The most powerful predictable people builders are praise and encouragement.

Strength grows from building other strength, not from trampling on weakness.

Help People Reach Their Full Potential Catch Them Doing Something Right

I consider myself a good person. And I think people perceive me to be, 'Oh, she's nice,' but being a good person, knowing your strengths and working towards those strengths, and encouraging those around you to do the same, that's a good person.

The more you love a person, you more you should respect that person. Encourage her to be the best she can be, and you'll both be happier.

Plant a seed of greatness in your children. Speak a word of encourgement to someone who needs to hear it. Inspire someone to be a better person. One day you'll reap a harvest, and your world will become a better place to live.

You'll know you're amazing when you get devoted to making other people amazing.

As soon as you seek to inspire others, it inspires the best in you.

Never Let Anyone Come to You Without Coming Away Better and Happier

Be a people builder. Look for opportunities to encourage others to bring out the best in them.

You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor, and I can make a...

All of us would be wiser if we would resolve never to put people down, except on our prayer lists.

Little people belittle people. Great people make people feel great.

That's what I like to do: bring out the best in people.

I've had great people come in my life, meaning not just men, but women, support me and empower me. So that has lifted me to be the woman I am.

Act so as to encourage the best in others, and by so doing you will develop the best in yourself.

I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.

A wholesome family is one where there is a lot of love. It's living by example. It's acceptance of people at their core, but it's also pushing each other to be our best selves and try things we might not be good at.

If you give people a chance, they shine.

You add value to people when you value them.

Respect a man, and he will do all the more.

If you are inspiring others to do better, you're successful.

We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.

Encouragement is awesome. Think about it. It has the capacity to lift a man's or a woman's shoulders. To breathe fresh air into the fading embers of a smoldering dream. To actually change the course of another human being's day, week, or life.