"You can become so manipulated and controlled by what you think other people expect you to do that you literally live under the tyranny of other people's expectations. And what I call the shoulds and the oughts. I believe that hundreds of thousands of people miss their God-ordained destiny and they never really feel satisfied, content and fulfilled, because they're so busy trying to keep everybody else satisfied with them that they don't ever get around to doing what they really want to do."

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Source: Larry King Live, transcripts.cnn.com. May 19, 2005.

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Joyce Meyer

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Joyce Meyer is a Christian author and speaker known for her practical teachings on faith and personal development, impacting millions worldwide.

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