Joel Osteen Quotes

Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

Do what you fear and fear disappears.

In every life there is an element of victory over fear, which needs to be searched for, though it may be a false victory.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore.

The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.

We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.

For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it.

When you face your fears, you are free of them. There's nothing in the world I need to hide from again.

I have found great power in taking my 'difference' out for a spin in a very public way. And usually, the worst, most personally embarrassing thing you imagine in your mind is often not anywhere near as bad in real life.

I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.

I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that?

I feel liberated, empowered, inspired and motivated. Fear holds you back from achieving what you want in life.

Fear the vulture, and the vulture will come. Fear nothing, and you are the vulture.

The deepest parts of you know that if freedom from fear was as easy as 'creating a new reality' for yourself, then you would already be the fearless person you know in your heart that you're meant to be.

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage

I say, 'Be brave. Do it even if your ankles shake, because they will.'