Joel Osteen Quotes

My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.

A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish acts, which elevate and ennoble the most sacred message that has come to our world.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others.

I love helping people; just being of service makes me happy!

Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is.

The exercise of benevolence is joy to loving hearts: the more pain it costs, the more joy it is. Kind actions make us happy, and in such joy we find communion with the great heart of Jesus.

This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves.

Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'.

If you really want to receive joy and happiness, then serve others with all your heart. Lift their burden, and your own burden will be lighter.

God wants you to live for others and to live that presence well.

Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

My brothers and sisters, true love is a reflection of the Savior's love. In December of each year we call it the Christmas spirit. You can hear it. You can see it. You can feel it.

Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.

The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.

We have to help others. I hope that some of the young players today understand that. It's not about them. The Man Upstairs gave them that ability to play, and play consistently, but he also wants them to open their hearts and understand that people need their help.

I just serve others through entertaining. That's when I am happy.

Service is key. And as I have more on my plate, and I have more ambitions and more goals and things I want for myself, I'm realizing more and more how important it is to be a servant.

Being a giver is not about saying yes to all of the people all of the time to all of the requests.

I'd say most definitely with my faith, there's no room for me with it. It's always about other people. It's always about loving on other people and giving praise where praise is due.

Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all about. People can't help but want to be near them. They help them; they work with them. That's what love is all about. It starts with your heart and radiates out.

We love most those who we serve most.