Joyce Meyer Quotes

My biggest thing about being a role model is whatever I'm preaching, I'm practicing. If I'm telling people I'm boxing and then I'm eating a burger tonight, it's because I am. I'm not cheating and eating a salad and then being like, 'Yeah! Burgers are cool!'

The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.

I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites.

The young people I know judge leaders by their deeds and abhor hypocrisy. Inconsistency and point-scoring do not win respect. It's not easy to be engaged in political debate when it is reduced to performers trying to outdo each other. Actions from leaders must mirror the values they claim to espouse.

For me, the key is I always have to be the same person. If someone was to hear me say something on Fox and hear me say something different on NPR, they would say, 'The guy is a hypocrite.'

Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.

You shouldn't have one opinion when you're running and another when you're president.

Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.

I don't think anyone can say I have said one thing in public and done another in private.

There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.

I have to feel good about what I'm endorsing because I have to live with it.

It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.

I think it's because most of us talk one way and live another. There are a few people who truly, truly walk the talk.

I am not a hypocrite.

I have always tried to believe what I said and say what I believe and I still do that.

Don’t put yourself in a situation where you will not be able to achieve your ideals without violating them.

We must practice what we preach.

People should be judged by the principles they espouse and the principles they betray.

I think people are hungry for someone who will stand up on principle.

To me, it's about always trying to make decisions that reflect my leadership and who I am.

I think it's so important to practice what you preach - whether you're into riding cows to work or eating a burger after boxing, just do what you're telling your fans you're doing because you have to be real with them because they look up to you.

Integrity is a life where your beliefs and intentions are aligned with your words and actions.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live.

The key thing about life is to be true to a set of beliefs. And to be genuine.