Joel Osteen Quotes

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.

I understood that I am a lot bigger than what I do, that I have a bigger potential.

All progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking its proper course.

Mary Allen has compiled a wealth of tools and resources - both inner and outer - to support you in consciously directing your untapped potential and creating a life that you love.

We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.

People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

I think that we all have within us the potential for almost anything. If we play close attention to our lives, then we can get at it somehow.

I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.

There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.

In all my lectures, I have taught one doctrine, namely, the infinitude of the private man.

Make a strong commitment to reach your full potential as a human being.

There are people who give you the confidence that you're lacking and once you have confidence, you're free and finally you can let out what's inside of you.

You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.

We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it.

I can do more. I can grow. I can become a bigger and better human being.

We tend to minimize the things we can do, the goals we can accomplish, and for some equally strange reason we think other people can accomplish things that we cannot. I want you to understand that that is not true. You have deep reservoirs of talent and ability within you that you can bring to the surface and achieve all that you desire

Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest pygmie that he can? Let everyone mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made

Deep within the individual is a vast reservoir of untapped power awaiting to be used. no person can have the use of all this potential until he learns to know his or her own self. the trouble with many people is that they got through life thinking and writing themselves off as ordinary commonplace persons. having no proper belief in themselves they live aimless and erratic lives largely because they never realize what their lives really can be or what they can become

We can all choose to become our potential, not just talk about it or dream about it. But daily, make a shift whereby we begin living and being our potential. With each day, that potential can expand because we are open to learning something every day.

The true self, once discovered, is the source of creativity, intelligence and personal growth. No external solution has such power.

It is moments like these that force us to try harder, and dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we had - to find the greatness that lies within each of us.

The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us.

Let us all be men and women in full. Let us expect from ourselves more than we think we can give, more than we think we can do and more than we think we already know.

Just as your hand has the power to hide the sun, mediocrity has the power to hide your inner light. Do not blame others for your own incompetence.