Empty Out the Negative Quotes

“Being offended, upset, and frustrated over what didn’t work out will only keep you in mediocrity. It’s time to drop it and move forward. You may be a product of your past, but you don’t have to be a prisoner of your past.”
― Joel Osteen, Empty Out the Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence

“It’s amazing the difference that it makes when you get up every morning and put on a fresh new attitude. I’m excited about today. I don’t have to go to work, but I get to go to work. I’m grateful to have a job. I’m not going to complain about the traffic. I’m grateful to have a car. I’m not going to focus on what’s wrong. Father, I want to thank You for what’s right in my life. You know what you’re doing? You’re cleaning your window.”
― Joel Osteen, Empty Out the Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence

“That coat of discouragement doesn’t look good on you. That coat of self-pity is out of style. That coat of bitterness over who left you and what you didn’t get doesn’t fit you anymore.”
― Joel Osteen, Empty Out the Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence

“The apostle Paul says, “Dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: kindness and compassion.”
― Joel Osteen, Empty Out the Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence

“She was beautiful outside, but to be honest, she was ugly inside. I never saw her the same way. A bad attitude makes you unattractive. It overrides what’s outside. It’s important to look good and develop our talents, to get a good education, and to stay in shape, but it’s more important to keep a good attitude. Nobody wants to be around a sour, critical, condescending person.”
― Joel Osteen, Empty Out the Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence

“Studies show that your attitude will have a greater impact on your success in life than your IQ. You can be extremely talented and have incredible potential, but a bad attitude will keep you from rising higher. We spend so much time and money making sure our outside looks good—eating healthy, working out, wearing the latest fashion. That’s all fine, but too often we’re not spending any time on what’s inside. Nice clothes won’t cover up a sour attitude. A beautiful face can’t hide being bitter inside.”
― Joel Osteen, Empty Out the Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence

“When God created you, He put in you everything you need to fulfill your destiny. Now quit telling yourself what you can’t do and how it’s not going to work out. All that’s doing is draining your strength.”
― Joel Osteen, Empty Out the Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence

“You may not realize it, but you are spending emotional energy that you need for your dreams, for your goals, for your children. You won’t become all you were created to be if you are wasting emotional energy on things that don’t matter. That unforgiveness is an impurity.”
― Joel Osteen, Empty Out the Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence

“Studies show that your attitude will have a greater impact on your success in life than your IQ.”
― Joel Osteen, Empty Out the Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence

“How much space are you giving to guilt, to shame, to regret, to being against yourself? Whatever it is, it’s too much. You need that space for the good things God has for you that will move you toward your destiny. If you’re giving space to guilt, you will not have the confidence you need to move forward, which will cause you to fail again. It’s a negative cycle. The only way to break the cycle is to”
― Joel Osteen, Empty Out the Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence

“If you’re always finding fault, complaining about the traffic, critical of your spouse, and focused on what’s not working out, may I suggest that your window is dirty. The problem is not external; it’s internal. You’re looking through a tainted filter. At some point you need to look in the mirror and say, “Maybe I’m the one who needs to change. If I’m always critical, maybe I’ve developed a habit of seeing the negative rather than the positive. Maybe I’ve trained myself to be cynical and sarcastic rather than kind and loving. Maybe my filter is dirty.”
― Joel Osteen, Empty Out the Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence

“He will always give you the grace, the strength, and the faith for what comes your way.”
― Joel Osteen, Empty Out the Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence