Joel Osteen Quotes

You don't have to tell people what they're doing wrong. They already know. Your job is to love them.

If you don't have the gift of a loving supportive family, be that gift for someone else. It doesn't have to be a relative, just someone you know who is alone or hurting over the holiday.

If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you're criticizing God.

Sometimes what works 40 years ago doesn't work today.

Invite good things into your life. When you confess good things based on what God is saying, you'll begin to see more favor!

My biggest hobby is hanging out with my family and kids.

God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.

A lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what the Bible said hundreds of years ago: a merry heart is good like a medicine.

Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

You need to get ready because I have explosive blessings coming your way.

It’s vital that you accept yourself and learn to be happy with who God made you to be. If you want to truly enjoy your life, you must be at peace with yourself.

Don't ever say anything negative about yourself.

You need to follow your own heart in light of God’s word and do what you feel is right and good for you.

Your time is too valuable, your destiny is too great, and your future is too bright to waste a single moment. Be a now person.

You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.

I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life's not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.

You may think there is a lot wrong with you, but there is also a lot right with you.

You can be in the storm, but don't let the storm get in you.

Every day is a gift from God. There's no guarantee of tomorrow, so that tells me to see the good in this day to make the most of it.

You didn't accidentally get your personality, looks and gifts. You were designed on purpose to be the way you are. You have what you need to fulfill your destiny.

You can't live A POSITIVE LIFE thinking negative thoughts. Dwell on the POSITIVE.

Appreciation - Learn to give flowers while people are still living

Take the limits off of yourself. You will never rise higher than your thinking. Create a great vision for your life.

When the negative thoughts come - and they will; they come to all of us - it's not enough to just not dwell on it... You've got to replace it with a positive thought.

You see somebody down, that's lonely, take them to lunch. Encourage them.

Strive to make every person feel special. After all, every person you meet is made in the image of God.

When you come to a dark valley, a difficult season or a sickness, don't worry about it, God will give you the grace and strength you need.

God didn't create any of us to be average. He didn't make us to barely get by. We were created to excel.

You've got to send your words out in the direction you want your life to go.

I'm not the judge. You know, God didn't tell me to go around judging everybody.

You have a destiny to fulfill, something greater than you've ever even imagined. But if you're going to become all you were created to be, you've got to take off the “average” label.

God wants to bless us where we are.

Do not speak defeat, speak victory.

I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.

Our words set the direction for our lives.

When we don’t forgive, we’re not hurting the other person. We’re not hurting the company that did us wrong. We’re not hurting God. We’re only hurting ourselves.

My belief as a Christian is when we receive Christ as salvation, that that gives us a guarantee for Heaven.

You can’t think thoughts of mediocrity and expect to excel. The two don’t go together.

Our goal should be that we're going to live life to the fullest, pursuing our passions and dreams, and when it comes our time to go, we will have used as much of our potential as possible.

Let's be the kind of people that do good for others whether we get paid back or not, whether they say thank you or not.

I believe God's keeping the records and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life; somehow, some way God will make it up to you.

To me, we're marketing hope.

I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know.

If you can be a blessing to somebody else, you're sowing a seed for God to help you.

If Jesus were here today, he wouldn't be riding around on a donkey. He'd be taking a plane, he'd be using the media.

What you keep before your eyes will affect you.

People in tough times - it doesn't mean they don't have a great attitude.

I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.

I mean we all need a second chance sometimes.

My message is that God is a good God.