Victoria Osteen Quotes

Generally speaking, I think it's a good idea to stay conscious of any kind of energy or emotion that you're generating, whether it's at the end of a work day or just in your everyday life.

Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really strengthens us.

You can't embrace your whole life if you're shut down. I found out that I can't just run away and shut down. I'm losing the rest of my life doing that.

The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama.

There are times when I think, 'Do I have the energy to be upset?' and the answer is 'no.'

I just take it a day at a time, and that's how I get through each day.

I think it's a loss of energy to be worrying about other people's issues.

I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.

I am pleased to say that I am not a tortured comedian - I laugh a lot. My twenties weren't particularly happy, but it's the same for a lot of people. In your thirties, you realise that your life and your worries are really insignificant, and you have to force yourself to be more positive and take each day as a gift.

Meditation was a turning point for me. It helped me deal with a lot of stress and has given me a lot of relaxation.

If someone decides they're not going to be happy, it's not your problem. You don't have to spend your time and energy trying to cheer up someone who has already decided to stay in a bad mood. Believe it or not, you can actually hurt people by playing into their self-pity.

To be happy when you are travelling, you need to be happy inside before you leave. A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.

I try not to worry about things that I can't control.

You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane.

I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.

Stress is a byproduct of subconscious beliefs you have about the world. You can't choose not to believe something. You believe it because you think it's true. To eliminate stress, you must learn to challenge these beliefs so that you see them differently.

It's all about balance and, I think, being in the moment.

Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not.

I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.

I do a lot of reading, meditating, and praying to stay as grounded as I can be in this crazy world.

Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do.

My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.

I guess you're happy if you have some kind of balance in you. I'm a human being. I have days when I feel paralyzed, days when I feel like a slug. Then I have days when I have good energy, I've read the newspaper and I've done different things.

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?

All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you.