Joyce Meyer Quotes

I think it's just important to be able to keep things to myself and to have these moments that can't be - where I don't put them out and feel like they could be misunderstood, you know?

Even though there will be times when I'll need to protect myself - there will definitely be times when I'll have to put up my guard just to monitor what comes in and out of my life - there's a grace there... no pun intended!

A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom.

But I'm glad I'm not one of those actresses who is just so ready to open up for everyone.

I don't talk to anybody about my personal life, and maybe that perpetuates it, too. But it's really important to own what you want to own and keep it to yourself.

I am a very private person. No one ever knows anything about me as I don't think it is necessary. I tell people as much as I want them to know about me.

There is nothing about me that I wouldn't want anyone to know, but there is a part of me that I do want to keep private and personal just because that is what's going to keep me sane in the long run - making sure people don't know my every move.

Earlier in my career, I was much more super-sharey. There were moments when I wanted to process things that were happening to me more privately, and I didn't have the space to do it, because once you let people in, they're in, and you don't get to say, 'Oh, I want this for myself.'

I've learned to keep a lot of stuff to myself.

If I like a person, I don't have any mask/filter. I will open up a lot. I had hurt myself in the past because a couple of persons took advantage of me. I realised that they are not genuine people. Since then, I take time to open myself up for new people.

It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.

I know what to keep to myself. I know what I want to give up.

I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.

Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is important. I prefer to keep some small dosage of privacy.

Speak from your heart, not your head. You speak from your head, you can wind up getting yourself in a lot of crap. You speak from your heart, I think you're pretty safe.

It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business.

I don't think even when you find a person, you can be completely honest, ever. There's still pieces of you that you don't give away. I do believe you always need that place where it's just you, your thoughts, no one else's judgment or anything.

I don't really read stuff on myself. I like to just kind of stay away... I don't get too involved in that.

I am incapable of speaking of myself and of my life and the states of my soul, I am discreet to an almost pathological degree, and there is nothing I can do against that.

I was brought up to think you don't talk about yourself.

Look, some people talk about their personal lives a lot; I try not to, unless it's more of a generality.

As soon as I feel people are talking too much about my character, it's time to leave.

I'm learning how to keep my identity and personal life sacred. It's a matter of knowing my limits. I don't have to give everything that's asked of me.

When your life changes and you become a more public person, in some ways you need to be a more closed person, you know?

I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.