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“We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It's ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.”

People Ifs Helping Feelings Remember Culture Goal Can Do Jealous Fulfilling Relish

Author:Joel Osteen

“If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.”

People Ifs Inspirational Needs Encouragement Seeds Sowing Sowing Seeds

Book:It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set

Source: It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set

“I'm not looking to exclude people, I'm looking to include them.”

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“It's amazing how people will give when you don't ask. Many of them send money because they believe in the message.”

People Giving Believe Asks Messages

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“I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don't have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.”

People Want Answers Criticism

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“I want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people.”

People World Want Church Wall Everyday

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“People define Christianity differently. I think a large portion of our population are Christians, they're not all growing in their faith, they're not all active, but I believe that a lot of people believe in Jesus and believe that he is their Lord and Savior.”

People Thinking Believe Christian Jesus I Believe Christianity Lord Growing Population Active Savior Portions

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“If you don't let people flourish in their jobs, why are they going to stay?”

People Ifs Jobs

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“Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.”

People Inspirational Important Greater Investment Accomplishment Builder

Book:Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day

Source: Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day

“I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that's not in me. I want to lift people up.”

People Thinking Want Sometimes Beats Down And Critics Lifts Want Me

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“I'm trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He's for them and has a purpose.”

People Trying Believe Bigs Purpose Broads

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“My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.”

People Years Grows Born Church Dad My Dad

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“People are skeptical of many televangelists, and I'm sensitive to that.”

People Sensitive Skeptical

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“I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I'm not here to preach hate or push people down.”

People Believe Persons Made Hate I Believe Accepting Journey God Image

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“It's flattering to people who stop you and say that you've helped them and all. But, again, you know, you've got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down.”

People Knows Humble Flattering Stay Humble

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“Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts.”

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“I just think that it's strong and it's important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it's about the birth of our Savior, and there's a lot of pressure today to be politically correct ,but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe.”

People Thinking Want Believe Important Today Strong Realizing Birth Seasons Pressure What You Want Savior Politically Correct Christmas Season

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“When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.”

People Feels Should Feelings Inspired Spending Defeated Better Off Discouraged Time With You

Book:Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day

Source: Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day

“A disagreement or incident involving someone who's not that important to you, like a guy who cut you off in traffic or a rude cashier, is something that should roll off your shoulders. Save the effort for resolving conflicts with the people you cherish.”

People Should Important Guy Effort Cutting Conflict Shoulders Cherish Traffic Rude Incidents Disagreement Involving Cashiers Resolving Conflict

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“I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.”

People Ifs Inspirational Fighting Attitude Tough Filled Hopeful Tough Times Good Fight

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“God puts people in our lives on purpose so we can help them succeed and help them become all He created them to be. Most people will not reach their full potential without somebody else believing in them.”

People Believe Helping Purpose Our Lives Succeed Full Potential Live With Purpose People In Our Lives

Book:Daily Readings from Become a Better You: 90 Devotions for Improving Your Life Every Day

Source: Daily Readings from Become a Better You: 90 Devotions for Improving Your Life Every Day

“Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it's the real test of your character and of your faith to say, 'Things are not going our way, but I'm still being good to people; I'm still attending church; I still have a good attitude.'”

People Way Believe Stills Real Character I Believe Church Attitude Tests Be Good Attending Good Attitude Attending Church

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“So many people are looking at what's wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what's right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.”

People Trying Looks

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“For a while... to be an evangelical meant you were a white Republican, and you were against this and against that. I don't want to be put into that mold, because then people judge you before they even listen... I don't want to divide the very people I am trying to reach.”

People Want Trying White Judging Republican Divides Mold Evangelical

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“I always try to put a seed of hope into people's hearts. I'm not there to teach them doctrine necessarily, but to let them know that God is a good God, and has a plan for their lives. Hopefully, that will restore their faith, or draw them into faith.”

People Knows Trying Heart Teach Plans Draws Seeds Doctrine Hopefully Good God

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“I do know this... I seem to reach a lot of previously unchurched people. So many people have told me they never went to church until they heard our message of hope that God is a good God who desires to bless those who are faithful and obedient to Him through Jesus Christ.”

People Knows Seems Desire Jesus Christ Church Heard Messages Jesus Christ Faithful Bless Obedient Good God Message Of Hope

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“I do think that religion has turned a lot of people off. Part of it is because it was all about the rules and was political. I think now people have a hunger for God, they want to have a relationship, but they don't want to be called religious. I'm not trying to get them to join my religion, I'm just trying to plant a seed of hope in their heart.”

People Thinking Want Trying Heart Political Religious Plant Hunger Seeds Hunger For God

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“I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope. Causing people to have better relationships. I'm not leading them to some false God or something like that.”

People Knows Giving Dangerous False Gods

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“I feel like my message is to let people know that God is a good God, that He's on their side, and no matter what happens, He has a great plan for them.”

People Knows Feels Matter Happens Sides Plans Messages No Matter What Good God

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“I purposely don't talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you to be blessed. To me, prosperity is having health, having great children, having peace, good relationships. It's not about the money.”

People Want Children Tvs Blessed Prosperity Preacher I Want You Skeptical Good Relationship Being Blessed

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“I think, for years, people have been pushed down by religion, and I don't say that disrespectfully, but they've been shown a God that you can't measure up to.”

People Thinking Years Has Beens

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“I'm not a big believer in trying to jam stuff down somebody's throat: 'You're going to do it my way.' I'd rather show by example and live my life and have people say, 'You know what, I want to live like Joel has. He's got peace and joy, and he seems content.'”

People Knows Way Want Trying Shows Bigs Seems Joy Stuff Example Believer My Way Throat Living My Life Jam Peace And Joy

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“I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society. And I think talking in everyday terms and making sure people can understand it - I think that's important.”

People Thinking Trying Important Term Talking Everyday Our Society Relevant

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“See, people are watching you. Especially your children. They're taking in every single thing you do. They are like video cameras with legs. And they are always in the record mode. They learn more from what you do than from what you say.”

People Children Records Cameras Legs Video Your Children Video Cameras

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“We live in a day that nobody's lived in before: where you can touch more people. The message I'll speak tonight and the message that I speak at home, people in India will hear. It's just an amazing day.”

People Home Speak Messages India Tonight Amazing Day

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“(after listening to people gripe and complain just smile and remember) Crows can’t hang with eagles.”

People Remember Listening Complaining Eagles Crow Just Smile

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“You have to learn to follow your heart. You can’t let other people pressure you into being something that you’re not. If you want God’s favor in your life, you must be the person He made you to be, not the person your boss wants you to be, not even the person your parents or your husband wants you to be. You can’t let outside expectations keep you from following your own heart.”

People Ifs Want Heart Persons Made Parent Husband Expectations Pressure Following Favors Boss Be You Follow Your Heart Your Husband

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“You may be at a crossroads in your life. You may have issues to deal with; people you need to forgive. You can go one of the two ways. You can ignore what you now know to be true and keep burying that bitterness in your life, pushing it deeper and allowing it to poison and contaminate you and those around you. Or you can make a much better choice by getting it out in the open and asking God to help you to totally forgive and let it all go.”

People Knows Way Needs May Two Helping Choices Deals Issues Forgiveness Asking Forgiving Deeper Being True Poison Pushing Allowing Bitterness Two Ways Crossroads Burying Asking God Pushing It

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“If you’ll dare to take your mind off your troubles, get your mind off your own needs and, instead, seek to be a blessing to other people, God will do more for you than you could even ask or think.”

People Ifs Thinking Needs Mind Asks Trouble Blessing Dare Gods Will Blessing To Others

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“When you reach out to hurting people, that’s when God is going to make sure your needs are supplied. When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.”

People Needs Hurt Focus Blessing Blessed Abundance Reach Out Hurting People

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“If it’s not meeting a need, turn it into a seed. Remember, we will reap what we sow. When you do good for other people, that’s when God is going to make sure that His abundant blessings overtake you.”

People Ifs Needs Remember Turns Blessing Meetings Seeds Reap

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“We’ve got to give people room to have a bad day.”

People Giving Rooms Bad Day

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“Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved issues inside. They have some major problems, anger, resentment, or some heartache they are trying to cope with or overcome.”

“Love overlooks a person’s faults. That’s not always easy, but love believes the best in every person. Anybody can return evil for evil, but God wants His people to help heal wounded hearts.”

People Want Inspirational Believe Heart Persons Helping Evil Easy Inspire Return Faults Heal Wounded Wounded Heart

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“Many people are unhappy and are not experiencing life to its fullest because they’ve closed their hearts to compassion, they are motivated by only what they want and what they think they need. They rarely do anything for anybody else unless they have an ulterior goal in mind. They are self-involved and self-centered.”

People Thinking Want Needs Mind Heart Self Goal Compassion Involved Unhappy Motivated Self Centered

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“If you will focus on meeting other people’s needs, God will always make sure your needs are supplied. God will take care of your problems for you.”

People Ifs Needs Problem Care Focus Meetings Take Care Gods Will Need God

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“People of excellence go the extra mile to do what's right.”

People Excellence Miles Extras Giving Back Extra Mile

Book:Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential

Source: Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential

“Appreciation - Learn to give flowers while people are still living”

People Giving Stills Flower Appreciation Giving Back

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“You cannot expect to live a positive life if you hang with negative people.”

People Ifs Inspirational Inspire Negative Negativity Positive Life Negative People

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“God wants to use you in spite of your weaknesses. Of God chose to use perfect people only, He’d have no one to use”

People Want Use Perfect Weakness Spite

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