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We can't control what other people do and how they treat us, but we can control our response to them.

Joyce Meyer

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Joyce Meyer
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 4
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St. Louis
Missouri
Pauline Joyce Hutchison
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You are not free until you have no need to impress anybody.
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The great thing about an attitude is that it's yours and you can change it.
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Pray about everything and worry about nothing. You will enjoy life much more.
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Faithfulness is not doing something right once but doing something right over and over and over and over.
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Patience is not just about waiting for something... it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.
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I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.
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