Joel Osteen Quotes

The real enemy of happiness is the mind's fixations and delusions... If you have the right mind, you can overcome anything - you can be happy, no matter what.

Belief means willing yourself to give all your attention to living with loving gladness in the world you think really exists.

Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way you think.

So much of our life is dictated by our mindsets. So much of it! Of how we think, we shall become.

Decide to be happy, knowing it's an attitude, a habit gained from daily practice, and not a result or payoff.

If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.

Make the decision and say, "I'm not letting that worry in. I'm done being upset when my plans don't work out. I'm not letting that stress in." Negative thoughts will still come to your mind, but you don't have to let them into your spirit.

Usually we try to figure out what we think would make us happy, and then try to make those things happen. But happiness isn't circumstance-de pendent. There are people who have every reason in the world to be happy who aren't. There are people with genuine problems who are. The key to happiness is the decision to be happy.

Happiness is a 'state of mind' which we ourselves have the power to control - and that control lies in our thinking.

We are what we think, and all that we are rises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak and act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but thought about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking. Separate them from the situation, which is always neutral. It is as it is.

Happiness is your choice. You can choose today.

Start thinking happy thoughts and start being happy.

The trick is not how much pain you feel - but how much joy you feel

You have to take an active role in making yourself happy. That's why I say happiness is a choice. Because you have to choose it.

Everybody in the world is seeking happiness - and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.

Affirmations are like seed planted in soil. Poor soil, poor growth. Rich soil, abundant growth. The more you choose to think thoughts that make you feel good, the quicker the affirmations work.

No one can grant you happiness. Happiness is a choice we all have the power to make.

Happiness is a question of attitude, not a question of what's happening out there.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

When you change the way you think, you can change the way you feel.

Happiness is the first principle of life. Happiness basically means well-being. It is always good and always a choice... We need to make the choice to be happy in a particular situation, just as it is, and at a given moment.

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.