Joel Osteen Quotes

You are full of potential. You are overflowing with creativity. There's nothing in your heart that you cannot accomplish.

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

Fear and faith have something in common. They both ask us to believe in something we cannot see.

God wants to increase you financially, by giving you promotions, fresh ideas and creativity

When you reach out to hurting people, that’s when God is going to make sure your needs are supplied. When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

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

If you’ll dare to take your mind off your troubles, get your mind off your own needs and, instead, seek to be a blessing to other people, God will do more for you than you could even ask or think.

I tell people all the time, preached a couple Sundays about it. I'm for everybody. You may not agree with me, but to me it's not my job to try to straighten everybody out.

Don't ever say anything negative about yourself.

To reach up for the new, you must let go of the old. What lies behind you is not nearly as important as what lies in front of you.

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

Your thoughts about your circumstances have you down. On the other hand, you can be in one of the biggest battles of your life, and still be filled with joy and peace and victory - if you simply learn how to choose the right thought. It’s time to think about what you’re thinking about.

Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

You weren’t created to simply exist, to endure, or to go through the motions; you were created to be really alive.

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

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

He is still in control. He still has you in the palm of His hand.

Listen carefully to the words and tone of voice you use with your spouse. Are you complaining all the time and telling her what she's not doing right? Or are you doing like Solomon-blessing, encouraging, and uplifting that woman?

You only have so much emotional energy each day. Don't fight battles that don't matter.

When you honor God, the storms may come, but you have a promise that others don’t have: When it’s all said and done, you’ll still be standing. You may suffer a setback, but don’t get discouraged. If you’ll stay in faith, God promises that when the smoke clears, when the dust settles, you won’t be the victim, you’ll be the victor.

If you will keep being your best right where you are, you will come into more favor, promotion and opportunity than you ever imagined.

I just think that only God will judge a person's heart.

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.

Never put a question mark where God has put a period. When something is over and done, let it go and move on to the next chapter of your life.

I don't dislike anybody.

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

Truth is, no two people are completely compatible. We have to learn to become one. That means we may have to make sacrifices; we may have to overlook some things. We must be willing to compromise for the good of the relationship.

Sustaining faith is what sets you through those dark nights of the soul when you don’t know where to go or what to do, and it seems that you can’t last another day…but because of your faith in God, you do.

If we don't forgive ourselves for mistakes we've made-and everybody's made their choices, some worse than others-we'll never experience the good life God has in store.

When you are tempted to get discouraged, remind yourself that according to God’s word, your future is getting brighter; you are on your way to a new level of glory. You may think you’ve got a long way to go, but you need to look back at how far you’ve already come. You may not be everything you want to be but atleast you can thank God that you’re not what you used to be.

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.

Instead of telling God how big your problems are, tell your problem how BIG your God is.

There are people in your path just so you can be a blessing to them. Anytime you do good for others, you are sowing a seed for God to be good to you.

It’s not always easy to get over some of those bumps in the road, those disillusionments and disappointments. It’s going to take a strong will. Sometimes, it may take courage. Sometimes nothing but faith in God and say, I refuse to be trapped in the past. I’m not going to let the past destroy my future. I’m pressing on. I’m straining forward, knowing that God has great things in store for me.

When things are difficult, smile by faith. Don't wait until you feel better.

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

God doesn't ask you to figure it all out. He only asks you to believe.

I think sometimes you just lose your focus, and I think that's easy to do when you start getting more fame, more money, more power.

I mean we all need a second chance sometimes.

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

If you want to rear financial blessings, you have to sow financially.

Where you are now is not where you will always be. There are brighter days up ahead.

We're going to bring our core message of hope and how God is a good God who's on our side.

There is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don't know if I ever wanted to throw in the towel. I think one of the most difficult things is every Sunday I am up there ministering, and so you have to have a fresh word, you have to be practical, you need to keep people's attention and so that comes around every seven days.

Take your dreams and the promises God has put in your heart, and every day declare that they will come to pass.

If you want to know where you'll be five years from now, listen to what you're saying about yourself today.

The moment God put a dream in your heart, the moment the promise took root, God not only started it, but He set a completion date.

God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.