Joel Osteen Quotes

If you start praising your wife, if you start telling her how beautiful she is, and how glad you are to have her in your life, when you talk about the good, you will draw out the good. If you talk about the negative, you'll draw out the negative. It's up to you.

One study says that 90 percent of our everyday behavior is based on our habits. . . That means how we treat people, how we spend our money, what we watch, what we listen to - 90 percent of the time, we're on autopilot. We do what we've always done.

Some of you had big dreams, but you had some disappointments & now you think it’s over. But God is saying, Begin again.

I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be.

There's pros and cons of a big church. Cons is I don't get to know everybody, I don't get to go to their ballgame, I don't get to marry everybody, but the pros are you get all this community, 800 ushers come in to serve, getting there at 7 in the morning on their day off and coming in on Saturday to make all those wafers.

Isn't it funny how babies laugh a lot? I read a toddler, a young child laughs 300 times a day. The average adult laughs, like, four times a day. God put it in them. He put the laugh in us, but I think sometimes we let life get us down, you know, have bad breaks, and we lose our breaks.

Let's start affecting our whole city, and maybe we can affect the whole nation, the whole world. I'd like to affect it with the fact that God is a good God and He's on your side and He's got a good plan for you and when you put your hand in His, great things can happen.

God's used me to help turn their life around or give them hope, you know? It's very rewarding

You words affect generations after you. Speak blessings and favor over them.

When you get knocked down, don't stay down; get back up again. Nothing good is going to happen as long as you're down on yourself.

We have to realize that our lives could be gone in a moment. There are no guarantees that we will be here at this time next year. Learn to live each day to the fullest. Don't complain. Don't focus on what's wrong. Be grateful for the opportunity to experience each day.

You have to change on the inside before change will happen on the outside.

If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

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

I believe God will fight my battles for me.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it's the real test of your character and of your faith to say, 'Things are not going our way, but I'm still being good to people; I'm still attending church; I still have a good attitude.'

No matter what comes your way, shake it off and move forward. When you have a positive mindset, you can't be defeated.

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, your attention, your love, your concern.

It doesn't matter who likes you or doesn't like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you.

If you think you’re average, then you’ll be average. If you think you’re ordinary, then you’ll live ordinary. The truth is, there is nothing ordinary about you. You have something to offer that nobody else can offer.

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

When you center life around yourself, not only do you miss out on God's best, but you rob other people of the joy and blessings that God wants to give them through you.

This is a day that God has given me. It's a gift. I can never relive this day. And I'm not going to live it angry, in unforgiveness, and mad at somebody. If I don't get my way, I'm going to believe that God's still in control.

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

You are a person of destiny. You are not here by accident. There is no obstacle too big, no dream you can't accomplish.

On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.

Take time to make a difference. Don't just obsess about how you can make your life better. Think about how you can make somebody else's life better as well.

I preach that anybody can improve their lives. I think God wants us to be prosperous. I think he wants us to be happy. To me, you need to have money to pay your bills. I think God wants us to send our kids to college. I think he wants us to be a blessing to other people. But I don't think I'd say God wants us to be rich. It's all relative, isn't it?

Don’t use your energy to worry. Use your energy to believe.

Sometimes God will deliver you from the fire, and other times God will make you fireproof.

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.

Dare to believe SOMETHING AMAZING is going to happen in your life. When you believe, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.

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

You can live a good life no matter what's happened to you. And so I don't know. I know there is condemnation, but I don't feel that's my place.

When you allow what someone says or does to upset you, you're allowing them to control you.

Forgiveness doesn't mean that what that person did was right or that you even have to get back into a relationship with that person. Forgiveness simply releases the debt they owe you so that God can release the debt you owe Him. Ask the Lord to search your heart and show you if there is any unforgiveness blocking His blessing in your life. Ask Him to show you more about this gift of forgiveness so that you can walk in the freedom and victory He has for you today.

At this very moment, God’s working behind the scenes in your life, arranging things in your favor. Stay in faith!

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

God always wants us to be growing.

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

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. It may be He protected you from an accident you never knew. You can't give God something without God giving you more in return, whether it's peace or joy or satisfaction.

Prospering just doesn't have to do with money.

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

If you know you have to wait anyway, why not make a decision to enjoy your life while you’re waiting? Why not be happy while God is in the process of changing things? After all, there’s nothing we can really do to make it happen any faster. We might as well relax and enjoy our lives, knowing that at the appointed time God is going to bring his plan to pass.

Happiness is always a choice. You can't wait for circumstances to get better. You have to create your own good fortune. So look for ways to be happy every day.

I encourage people in a lot of my messages that you've got to make the most of every day.

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

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.