--- title: "5 Be true to yourself Quotes By Joel Osteen" description: "5 Be true to yourself quotes by Joel Osteen. Plus more from Joel Osteen and more Be true to yourself sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/joel-osteen-194_accomplish_you-didn-t-accidentally-get-your-persona_60182.jpg" --- > [You didn't accidentally get your personality, looks and gifts. You were designed on purpose to be the way you are. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/you-didn-t-accidentally-get-your-personality-looks-and-gifts-you-were/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/joel-osteen-194_accomplish_you-didn-t-accidentally-get-your-persona_60182.jpg) > [There will always be somebody more successful, more beautiful, more talented. You have to realize, you're not running their race. You're running…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/there-will-always-be-somebody-more-successful-more-beautiful-more/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d68/joel-osteen-194_be-true-to-yourself_there-will-always-be-somebody-more-succe_278577.jpg) > [You have a destiny to fulfill, something greater than you've ever even imagined. But if you're going to become all you were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/you-have-a-destiny-to-fulfill-something-greater-than-you-ve-ever-even/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/joel-osteen-194_accomplish_you-have-a-destiny-to-fulfill-something_912951.jpg) > [You have to accept the fact that some people are never going to be for you. Treat them with respect, but you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/you-have-to-accept-the-fact-that-some-people-are-never-going-to-be/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/joel-osteen-194_acceptance_you-have-to-accept-the-fact-that-some-pe_1736875.jpg) > [Don't spend all your time trying to win over your critics. Just run your own race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/don-t-spend-all-your-time-trying-to-win-over-your-critics-just-run/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/joel-osteen-194_be-true-to-yourself_don-t-spend-all-your-time-trying-to-win_2042049.jpg) ## Other authors on Be true to yourself ## More by Joel Osteen > [Resist discouragement by speaking His Word over your future. Keep standing. Keep hoping; keep believing because He is working behind the scenes. He's going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/resist-discouragement-by-speaking-his-word-over-your-future-keep/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [I don't have to figure out how God is going to solve my problem. I don't have to understand how He's going to bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/i-don-t-have-to-figure-out-how-god-is-going-to-solve-my-problem-i-don/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [The only difference between black coal and a precious diamond is the amount of pressure it endured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/the-only-difference-between-black-coal-and-a-precious-diamond-is-the/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [Faith is easy; I think people complicate it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/faith-is-easy-i-think-people-complicate-it/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [There's pros and cons of a big church. Cons is I don't get to know everybody, I don't get to go to their ballgame,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/there-s-pros-and-cons-of-a-big-church-cons-is-i-don-t-get-to-know/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [When you smile and project an aura of warmth, kindness, and friendliness, you will attract warms, kindness, and friendliness. Happy people will be drawn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/when-you-smile-and-project-an-aura-of-warmth-kindness-and/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were created to be victorious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/you-were-never-created-to-live-depressed-defeated-guilty-condemned/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [You may not have the approval of someone 'important,' but you have the favor of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/you-may-not-have-the-approval-of-someone-important-but-you-have-the/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [“In the Bible, God called Gideon a mighty man of (fearless) courage. Gideon looked around and said, “Who’s He talking to? That’s not me.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/in-the-bible-god-called-gideon-a-mighty-man-of-fearless-courage/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [At the start of each new day, remind yourself: I am talented. I am creative. I am greatly favored by God. I am equipped.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/at-the-start-of-each-new-day-remind-yourself-i-am-talented-i-am/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [Don't be intimidated by the size of your problem or the size of your dream. God will see to it that it is finished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/don-t-be-intimidated-by-the-size-of-your-problem-or-the-size-of-your/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [No matter what's happening, choose to be happy. Don't focus on what's wrong. Find something positive in your life. Thank God for the small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/no-matter-what-s-happening-choose-to-be-happy-don-t-focus-on-what-s/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [I deal with more practical issues of the Bible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/i-deal-with-more-practical-issues-of-the-bible/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [I've learned a simple principle: all I have to do is be the best 'me' that I can be. One day when I read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/i-ve-learned-a-simple-principle-all-i-have-to-do-is-be-the-best-me/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [“Too often we don’t realize how great we have it until something is taken away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/too-often-we-don-t-realize-how-great-we-have-it-until-something-is/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-true-to-yourself/joel-osteen/#itemlist", "name": "5 Be true to yourself Quotes By Joel Osteen", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You didn't accidentally get your personality, looks and gifts. You were designed on purpose to be the way you are. 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