Joel Osteen Quotes

I've never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.

No matter what comes your way, don't lose your joy.

There's power when you call on God, you ask Him, and you invite Him into your life. God will be in your life as much as you allow Him to.

Life is not too short... we just wait too long to begin it.

If you never feel like giving up, then your dreams are too small

If we say it long enough eventually we're going to reap a harvest. We're going to get exactly what we're saying.

Life is short. Don't miss opportunities to spend time with the people that you love.

God's desire is that we excel.

It's not who you are, but whose you are that counts. Because God is your heavenly Father, doors of opportunity will open for you.

When you stir up the passion, your faith will allow God to do amazing things. If you want to remain passionate, you cannot let what once was a miracle become ordinary.

Put your shoulders back, hold your head up high knowing that the same power that raised Christ from the dead lives on the inside of you.

I'm blessed to be a blessing to someone else.

This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

we can not prepare for defeat and expect to live a life in Victory.

I don't argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus' message was simple.

We’ve got to give people room to have a bad day.

If you’re going to do anything great in life, there will be opposition, setbacks, delays and critics. When you have big dreams, you’re going to have big challenges.

We’re not always going to be here. Live life to the full, with purpose & passion, pursuing your dreams.

I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books.

To become a better you, you must be positive towards yourself, develop better relationships, embrace the place where you are.

You will never go beyond the barriers in your own mind. If you think you can't do something, then you never will.

If you want your life to get better, sometimes the best thing you can do is to help improve somebody else's life.

I struggled for a long time with survivin', and no matter what, you keep finding something to fight for.

Our whole message is it's easy to just keep preaching to the church and people that already come.

God honors obedience, and He has distinct plans for us. I think the dreams that God puts in our hearts, we can fulfill. He's equipped us for that.

Most of the criticism I get is that I am too positive and too hopeful... in my words, I don't beat people down enough.

When I hear Mitt Romney say that he believes that Jesus is the Son of God, that He's the Christ, raised from the dead, that He's his savior - that's good enough for me.

There's a lot of negative things trying to pull people down, and I think people respond when you tell them that hey, there are good things up ahead.

I realize that as quick as you go up, you can really come down that quick. And we've seen it happen with others.

Don't live worried, frustrated or upset because of what somebody did or what didn't work out. Come back to a place of peace. It's not going to work against you; it's going to work for you.

I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just being who God made me to be.

Sometimes, I think if you get away from what you're called to do, it's more of a distraction.

I want to be blessed so I can build orphanages. Blessed so I can build hospitals and do other things with our finances.

God wants to use you in spite of your weaknesses. Of God chose to use perfect people only, He’d have no one to use

Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don't live angry, let go now!

I'm healthy as can be - not an ache or a pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking the Lord that I am healthy. I pray for long life and good health.

Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith.

You can have average talent, but when God breathes on your life, you will go further than people that have great talent. Don't talk yourself out of it.

Check your spiritual birth certificate, you were made in the mighty image of God.

You don't know what's on the inside until you put a demand on your potential.

You will never rise above the image you have of yourself in your own mind.

Stones of judgment, discouragement or doubt may be thrown at you. You can't stop them, but you can make the choice to keep your walls up and not let them affect you.

It is a hard thing to let go of mistakes we've made and sins. God wants us to do that because He knows the guilt and the condemnation will keep us from becoming who He has created us to be.

If you will transform your mind, God will transform your life.

Smiling resets your mood.

I'm honest enough to say I don't know everything. You know, I don't. I don't understand all of God. I don't understand, you know, some kind of why bad things happen.

A small pot boils quick. You can tell much about the depth of one's character by how quickly he 'boils'.

You have excellence on the inside. It’s who you are. Now do your part. Bring out your excellence!

Your life is too valuable to waste being distracted.

God's got you in the palm of His hand. You won't leave one second before your time. If God wants you to be here, then you're going to be here.