Joyce Meyer Quotes

I think I'm still figuring out how to be a little less selfish.

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.

In order to be the best version of yourself, you have to dedicate time, effort, and support to other people who need it.

I always want to be a person who challenges herself to be a better person and spends her time giving rather than receiving.

I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Improv requires one thing I lack that I think most mothers need - the basic instinct to put someone else first.

For me, life is about experience and being a good person.

The way I ought to measure my life is in terms of the others I helped to become better and happier people. That's the biggest thing to think about if you're not happy.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

I'm not very interested in myself. I do have a deep moral belief that you should always look out at other things and not be self-centred.

I am a very approachable and personable person, and I always put myself last. Whether it's family or friends, I always think about them first.

I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.

If I want to be a better person for whoever is in my life, I have to learn.

I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people.

Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.

Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up, and by so doing you will most effectually raise yourself up also.

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else.

Whoever labors for the happiness of those he loves elevates himself, no matter whether he works in the dreary shop or the perfumed field.

If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.

I want to be a good human being.