Joel Osteen Quotes

I can live with myself.

If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

I like the way my heart beats, I like the way I think; I don't need or want anything to change that.

We all have to find beauty within us, as opposed to just our exterior.

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

Magazines and opinions of you and stuff like that, those will change, but your opinion of yourself does not have to based on what other people say. So I just learned that my inner voice has to be louder than their outside voice.

I've let a lot of things go, and obviously football is one of them. I think the hardest thing to let go is your self-image. That's what I'm working on now.

Don't take rejection personally.

I used to take it much more to heart. Now I realise that negativity has almost everything to do with the person delivering it and very little to do with you yourself.

I'm not afraid of how I look in the mirror.

Through life's ups and downs, and the few mistakes we make and all the successes that we get, let nobody - nobody's opinion - define who you are. And if anybody defines who you are, let it be yourself.

I think, so often, we can let our circumstances dictate what our value is. And I have to remember that my value is the same whether I'm in the dirt or I'm picked up and dusted off.

Forgiving yourself will help with giving yourself strength.

I don't hate what I see when I look in the mirror. Even if legions of others don't agree. I have accepted the reflection that reliably bounces back at me for its perks and its flaws.

If you don't like the look of my face, don't look at me! I'm the one who has to live with it.

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

I used to have the mindset of worrying about everybody else's opinions, trying to please everybody, but that's not going to happen.

The truth is, I don't find my value in my body or my weight. It's really more about who I am and what I can offer as a human being to the people in my life and the people in the world.

I'm just confident in my abilities and who I am as a person.

My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.

I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one will.

I have no issues with my identity.

I feel like all my faults go into making the person that I am. I like myself as a person. And I think taking any fault away would change who I am as a person.

I'm proud that today, at 43 years old, I've come to value the aging process and focus on inner rather than outer beauty.

I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that.