Joel Osteen Quotes

What you believe has a much greater impact on your life than what anybody else believes.

You don't need everyone to help you. You just need one touch of favor, and you will accomplish in a split second what could have taken your whole lifetime.

You may have made a lot of wrong choices, but you’ve also made a lot of choices that were right. Focus on your good qualities. Focus on your victories. Get off the treadmill of guilt.

If you give, you will be blessed.

God will not pour fresh, creative ideas and blessing into old attitudes.

Don’t simply settle for what your parents had. You can go further than that. You can do more, have more, be more.

You can’t talk mediocrity and expect to have victory. You are prophesying your future. If you want a shift to occur, you’ve got to think positive.

It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.

It's our faith that activates the power of God.

We were old sinners - but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore.

I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father.

A victor's mentality becomes a victor's reality.

Replace those thoughts of worry with thoughts of hope, faith, and victory.

Don't grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it.

The creator of the universe is lining up things in my favour.

This is not the time to shrink back in fear. Move forward in faith. Get up every morning knowing you are gifted.

I don't have it in my heart to condemn people. I'm here to encourage them. I see myself more as a coach, as a motivator to help them experience the life God has for us.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

If your thinking is limited, your life will be limited.

When God puts something in your heart and deep down you know it’s a destiny moment, don’t wait for ten confirmations. Do what God is asking you to do now.

You are victors, not victims!

My actions will follow my expectations.

If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.

There are times you will be given intuition, you just know something, and you can't explain it. Don't override it. Don't talk yourself out of it. That's the Creator giving you inside information.

Seeds of discouragement cannot take root in a grateful heart.

I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be grateful for, and see each day as a gift.

Your life may have taken a detour, but God is still on the throne. He has brought you this far, and sooner or later, your peace will be restored.

Love overlooks a person’s faults. That’s not always easy, but love believes the best in every person. Anybody can return evil for evil, but God wants His people to help heal wounded hearts.

Your past does not determine who you are. Your past prepares you for who you are to become.

I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.

Where God gives vision He always provides provision

Quit questioning God and start trusting Him!

Jesus was saying that you can't have a larger life with restricted attitudes.

We are set in our ways, bound by our perspectives and stuck in our thinking.

You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I'm going to be my best right now. That's what faith is all about.

The moment you speak something out, you give birth to it. This is a spiritual principle, and it works whether what you are saying is good or bad, positive or negative.

Some things you can only learn in the struggle. When it's easy, when everything is going your way, that doesn't take any faith.

There is a place that God has specifically designed for you where all your needs will be supplied, where you'll be happy and fulfilled, and where you'll be using your gifts and talents to the full.

There’s a lot that is good in your life-don’t take it for granted. Don’t get so focused on the struggles that you miss the gift of today

I've always been very happy. I've always been easy going and I've always been very encouraging; it's just my personality.

You're not better than anybody else, but you're not less than anybody else. You're a child of the Most High God.

Forgiveness is a choice, but it is not an option.

You must quit looking at what you don’t have and start believing that all things are possible.

God's dream is that you have an abundance, that you be totally out of debt, pay your house off, pay your credit cards off, and have so much overflow that you can be a blessing to everyone around you!

You don't have to have a great gift for God to use it in a great way.

I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.

You cannot soar with the eagles as long as you hang out with the turkeys.

Don't put a question mark where God has put a period.

It's amazing what people will do when you see the best in them, when you honor them, when you respect them. It not only strengthens the relationship, but it will help that other person rise higher.