Quotes from Joyce Meyer

Once I realized that right thinking is vital to victorious living, I got more serious about thinking about what I was thinking about, and choosing my thoughts carefully.

It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have... we always want more.

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it's up to me to choose to develop them.

Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost.

Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can't wait for a feeling to motivate you.

When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there's a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we're going to see things through to the finish or quit.

We should never let material things get ahead of God or become so important in our lives that we can't walk away from them if He tells us to. Anything you own that has a hold on you is a problem.

There's a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It's deceptive because when you have pride, you're usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn't sell well.

I've learned that usually, the less I know about other people, the better off I am.

Sometimes you must suffer through something to defeat your fear of it.

My purpose in life is to do right and to glorify God.

Focus on giving smiles away and you will always discover that your own smiles will always be in great supply!

Is there any real purpose in being alive if all we are going to do is get up every day and live only for ourselves? Live your life to help others. Give & live selflessly.

God wants you to be delivered from what you have done and from what has been done to you - Both are equally imporant to Him.

Wisdom is doing now what you are going to be happy with later on

Do yourself a favor and forgive anyone that has anything against you. Do it as an act of faith and trust God to change and heal your emotions. Pray for your enemies and never say another unkind thing about them. It is the only way you can move past the pain and begin to heal.

It is not about doing what we feel like. It is about doing what God says.

Trust and faith bring joy to life and help relationships grow to their maximum potential.

You can be pitiful, or you can be powerful, but you can't be both

If you are accused of being a Christian, there should be enough evidence to convict you.

Excellence - Take what you have and do the BEST with it.

Here's one of my favorite statements: We are never going to enjoy stability, we are never going to enjoy spiritual maturity until we learn how to do what's right when it feels wrong, and every time you do what's right by a decision of your will using discipline and self control to go beyond how you feel, the more painful it is in your flesh, the more you're growing spiritually at that particular moment.

Everytime you feed the flesh, you strenghten it. This is good if you are trying to build a good habit, but detrimental if you are trying to stop a bad habit. The way to kill the flesh is to starve it; to stop feeding it.

Don't run to the phone, run to the throne.