Joel Osteen Quotes

I think everybody needs to find out who they are and who their, like, inner superhero is, or who you like to be. The world would be a better place if everyone was doing what the hell they wanted to do and being who they wanted to be.

I'm not living my life out there trying to make everybody happy. I'm doing things that I feel like are right and things that I believe in.

Would you rather live your life according to the approval of others or aligned with your truth and your dreams?

Being happy requires that you define your life in your own terms and then throw your whole heart into living your life to the fullest. In a way, happiness requires that you be perfectly selfish in order to develop yourself to a point where you can be unselfish for the rest of your life.

If you spend your life trying to please people or letting them control you, you may make them happy, but you'll miss your destiny.

Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules.

Your life is meant for you to understand and process, not to make anyone else happy.

I like my life. I'm not living through anybody else's eyes, anybody else's life; I'm enjoying mine.

I don't care about anything but what I want to do. You can't worry about what else is happening out there. You have to be true to yourself.

Whatever your circumstances, whatever your past, the forces that determine your future are nowhere but within your own heart and mind. It is here that the star of your destiny shines.

It is better to be lonely than allow people who are not going anywhere keep you from your destiny.

You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny.

For me, being a girlboss is about being the boss of your own life. At 26 I still don't know what's happening in my life, but I'm asking, What will make me happy next?

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Follow the voice of your heart, even if it leads you off the path of timid souls. Do not become hard and embittered, even if life tortures you at times. There is only one thing that counts: to live one's life well and happily.

In my clinical experience, the greatest block to a person's development is his having to take on a way of life which is not rooted in his own powers.

Following your bliss is not self-indulgent, but vital; your whole physical system knows that this is the way to be alive in this world and the way to give to the world the very best that you have to offer. There IS a track just waiting for each of us and once on it, doors will open that were not open before and would not open for anyone else.

You have a real life if and only if you do not compete with anyone in any of your pursuits.

The whole purpose of life is to make yourself happy.

What does it mean to be an individual? What does it mean to flourish?

The most important thing in my life is to live my life and enjoy it - to do what I think is right and what I think is good.

I don't want to be someone's reason to hate their life. I want to be someone's reason to seek something more in their life.

The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's about what you do with it.

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.

Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream.