111 Quotes & Sayings By Joel Osteen

One of the main reasons that we lose our enthusiasm in life is because we become ungrateful..we let what was once a miracle become common to us. We get so accustomed to his goodness it becomes a routine.. Joel Osteen

Because you have honored God, He will put you in a position you never could have attained on your own. It’s not just your education, not just your talent, or the family you come from. It’s the hand of God shifting you to a new level of your destiny. Joel Osteen

Don't waste your time trying to win people over that can never be won over. Joel Osteen

Satan knows, if you are against YOURSELF you will never fulfill your destiny. :( Joel Osteen

You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. We were created to be victorious. Joel Osteen

What you keep before your eyes will affect you. Joel Osteen

Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved issues inside. They have some major problems, anger, resentment, or some heartache they are trying to cope with or overcome. The last thing they need is for you to make matters worse by responding angrily. Joel Osteen

If you hold on to what you want so tightly, it almost becomes an idol. Joel Osteen

You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life. Joel Osteen

Your job is not to judge. Your job is not to figure out if someone deserves something. Your job is to lift the fallen, to restore the broken, and to heal the hurting. Joel Osteen

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

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

When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments you, then compliment yourself. It’s not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It’s up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside. Joel Osteen

You need to take pride in what God has given you. Joel Osteen

People of excellence go the extra mile to do what's right. Joel Osteen

Don't sit around depressed and discouraged. Get a new vision for your life. Joel Osteen

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 Joel Osteen

Don't do anything that you wouldn't feel comfortable reading about in the newspaper the next day. Joel Osteen

We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside. Joel Osteen

God can make your enemies your footstool. Joel Osteen

It's easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it's easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life. Joel Osteen

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way. Joel Osteen

I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled. Joel Osteen

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

I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged - 'There's nothing good in my future' - I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there's an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope. Joel Osteen

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.' Joel Osteen

I always try to put a seed of hope into people's hearts. I'm not there to teach them doctrine necessarily, but to let them know that God is a good God, and has a plan for their lives. Hopefully, that will restore their faith, or draw them into faith. Joel Osteen

I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope. Joel Osteen

I don't think you should spend your life praying for things, but I do believe you should thank God for what He's given you... but I think the scripture teaches us that we can pray for our dreams, pray for the big things... he's not a small God; this God is incredible. Joel Osteen

Do all you can to make your dreams come true. Joel Osteen

Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you... If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbour. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be. Joel Osteen

Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God's perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year. Joel Osteen

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

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

When I used to play sports, I'd be the one cheering the team on, 'Come on, we can beat these guys! ' That's just in me. Joel Osteen

I just think that it's strong and it's important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it's about the birth of our Savior, and there's a lot of pressure today to be politically correct, but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe. Joel Osteen

When you give up yourself, that's when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that's giving that's serving others and that's when you feel fulfilled. Joel Osteen

I think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it. Joel Osteen

Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you. Joel Osteen

You can be happy where you are. Joel Osteen

Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts. Joel Osteen

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. Joel Osteen

God has already done everything He's going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you're going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family. Joel Osteen

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

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? Joel Osteen

Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you'll get to where God wants you to be. Joel Osteen

Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still out in front of you. Joel Osteen

Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, 'Boy, those were great old days.' Well, you know, we're living in the good old days. Joel Osteen

You can live your life angry, bitter, mad at somebody or even guilty, not letting go of your own mistakes, but you won't receive the good things God has in store. Joel Osteen

Yes, the Bible should be taught in our schools because it is necessary to understand the Bible if we are to truly understand our own culture and how it came to be. The Bible has influenced every part of western culture from our art, music, and history, to our sense of fairness, charity, and business. Joel Osteen

It's amazing how people will give when you don't ask. Many of them send money because they believe in the message. Joel Osteen

We live in a day that nobody's lived in before: where you can touch more people. The message I'll speak tonight and the message that I speak at home, people in India will hear. It's just an amazing day. Joel Osteen

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

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind. Joel Osteen

I mean we all need a second chance sometimes. Joel Osteen

When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance. Joel Osteen

I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you're a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation. Joel Osteen

God made you a masterpiece - be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped. Joel Osteen

Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you're supposed to be. Joel Osteen

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It's ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you. Joel Osteen

God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings where you suddenly meet the right person, or suddenly your health improves, or suddenly you're able to pay off your house. That's God shifting things in your favor. Joel Osteen

Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions. Joel Osteen

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

I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don't know anything about. Joel Osteen

The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith. Joel Osteen

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

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. Joel Osteen

My message is that God is a good God. Joel Osteen

Only God can look at somebody's heart. Joel Osteen

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

Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy. Joel Osteen

I really believed that fear is contagious. Joel Osteen

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

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. Joel Osteen

You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the way'... Keep moving forward. Joel Osteen

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. Joel Osteen

I purposely don't talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you to be blessed. To me, prosperity is having health, having great children, having peace, good relationships. It's not about the money. Joel Osteen

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events. Joel Osteen

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. Joel Osteen

I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate, and I've got a lot of that in me as well. Joel Osteen

Sometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside. Joel Osteen

God didn't make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you. Joel Osteen

It's in the difficult times that we're growing and you can't just rebuke everything hard. We've got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test. Joel Osteen

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. Joel Osteen

Faith is easy I think people complicate it. Joel Osteen

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

I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people. Joel Osteen

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. Joel Osteen

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? Joel Osteen

If you want to reap financial blessings, you have to sow financially. Joel Osteen

I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There's the teaching that we're supposed to be poor to show that we're humble. I don't buy that. I think we're supposed to be leaders. We're supposed to excel. Joel Osteen

See, when you drive home today, you've got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you've got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what's happened in your past is not near as important as what's in your future. Joel Osteen