Joel Osteen Quotes

You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.

I try to teach people that I believe God wants us to be positive toward ourselves, meaning that, you know what, I like the way I look, I like the way I sound, I'm happy with what I'm doing in my career - and not always be beating ourselves down.

No one can give you anything-love, shame, self-esteem- until you give it to yourself. Today, give yourself good things.

Total, unconditional acceptance of yourself is the first step in building a positive self-image.

The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth.

Do not speak badly of yourself, for the warrior that is inside you hears your words and is lessened by them.

We really damage our own confidence when we put ourselves down, so I try not to.

You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

I love myself. Because I'm all that I have and if I don't love myself, no one else will. Whenever I feel myself starting to dislike something I tell myself, "This is who I am," so what's the point in disliking it?

I no longer agree to treat myself with disrespect. Every time a self-critical thought comes to mind, I will forgive the Judge and follow this comment with words of praise, self-acceptance, and love.

I want people to feel good about themselves.

Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!

Always think yourself a perfect being and be satisfied with yourself.

You do not get into better shape being hard on yourself.

If you don't have self love you can never find it outside of yourself.

Love yourself first and the rest of your life will fall into place.

The feeling that "I am enough" does not mean that I have nothing to learn, nothing further to achieve, and nowhere to grow to. It means that I accept myself, that I am not on trial in my own eyes, that I value and respect myself. This is not an act of indulgence but of courage.

If we really love ourselves, everything in our life works.

You can't love other people until you love yourself.

You have to love yourself before you can love anyone. I think that’s very, very important, no matter how old you are or what you’re doing. You have to be able to love yourself because that’s when things fall into place.

Self love is the instrument of our preservation.

I've learned to take time for myself and to treat myself with a great deal of love and respect, because I like me.. I think I'm kind of cool.

Self love is a great recurring theme, the headwaters that feed my ability to be the best version of myself in every other aspect of my life. Self worth sets the standard that life meets.

If you're ever if you're ever thinking, “Oh, but I'm a waste of space and I'm a burden,” remember: that also describes the Grand Canyon. Why don't you have friends and family take pictures of you from a safe distance? Revel in your majestic profile?

If one is to love oneself one must behave in ways that one can admire.