Joyce Meyer Quotes

I have differences with every single human being I know, but that difference shouldn’t define our relationship.

Carrying our successful diplomacy is difficult if you do not have ears for things you do not want to hear.

I just want to be more willing to listen to many people and be cautious about what I'm doing.

If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right.

Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form.

My wife Patrice, in addition to being enormously supportive, has taught me a lot about life. She might argue it's because I have so much to learn. One of the most important things I've learned is the art of listening.

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possibility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

I think the way to keep a friendship is to respect that everybody is different.

It's difficult to love someone you don't respect, which is hard to remember when you're having an argument.

All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person.

Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

I have a good relationship with the world. But I don't know what the trick is to maintaining it.

I don't have the ability to find a middle ground with my audiences, and I know this too well.

If you want to get along with somebody, let them be right, and it will last longer.

I am not so enamored of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them

A certain degree of intellectual humility is a good thing.

If you come out of the gate with a finger pointed, then you really aren't opening the door to any sort of resolution to whatever the problem may be. Whether it's about race or sexual orientation or religion, if you can't empathize with the opposing party, then you can't really meet in the middle.

I am always open to new ideas, but you can't always be right.

I'm interested in listening to the people who walk in the door. If your ego and your accomplishments stop you from listening, then they've taught you nothing.

I think in a new relationship it's really important to at least respect each other's interests, even if you don't get super into everything.

Being stubborn is not an asset. You have to be able to see things through other people's eyes.

When you work together in a creative way, you have to be less selfish about your ideas and learn to let both parties feel valued. Of course, that's also a really great quality to have in a relationship, too.

Talk to your enemies; sometimes ignorance comes from a lack of understanding.

Say you want to be with someone, and you're doing something that they don't really like. They're gonna ask you to stop it, just for a moment to take a look at them, to see them clearly. That's what God wanted for me.