Joel Osteen Quotes And Sayings

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.

I Don't Know What Can Be So Dangerous About Giving People Hope.

I Believe The Scripture Says That Being Gay Is A Sin.

I Believe God, Jesus, Died That We Not Just Go To Heaven But That We Excel In This Life. I Never Think You Make Money Your Goal... God Wants You To Excel. Just Keep Him In First Place, And God Will Open Up Doors You Never Dreamed Of.

Every Setback Means You're One Step Closer To Seeing The Dream Come To Pass.

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.

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.

Friend, There's No Greater Investment In Life Than In Being A People Builder. Relationships Are More Important Than Our Accomplishments.

I've Never Preached One Sermon On Money, On Just Finances. I Want To Stay Away From It.

In My Early Teens, I Knew I Wanted To Do Television Production. I Loved Cameras, Editing And Producing, Anything That Had To Do With Television Production. My Friend Had A Production Studio Across Town, And We'd Go Over There At Night And Shoot And Edit. I Produced My Father's Televised Service For 17 Years.

I Believe That God Breathed Life Into Every Person And That Every Person Is Made In The Image Of God And You Have Accept Them As They Are, On Their Journey. I'm Not Here To Preach Hate Or Push People Down.

I Try To Live What I Teach. A Lot Of Things Come Against Us In Life, But We Should Try To Find Something To Be Grateful For, And See Each Day As A Gift.

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.

I Don't Want To Just Preach To The Church. I Feel Like I Have A Broader Message.

I Don't Go Down The Road Of Condemning.

I Have Always Believed In God.

I Think Bible Principles Are Principles For Life.

I Try To Speak In Everyday Language. I Feel Like God Has Gifted Me To Take Bible Principles And Make Them Practical.

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.

I'm Very Careful About Saying Who Would And Wouldn't Go To Heaven. I Don't Know.

To Me, We're Marketing Hope.

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.

I Deal With More Practical Issues Of The Bible.

I Don't Like To Beat People Down. They Need To Be Lifted Up.

We Need To Show Mercy. I Mean, Because As Much Mercy As You Show People, That's The Mercy You're Going To Be Receiving.

I Don't Have All The Answers.

On Sundays When I Speak, I Hopefully Give Somebody Something That They Can Use The Next Day At Work Or At Home.

Sometimes When You Take Strong Stands, If You're Not Called To Do It, You're Dividing The Audience You're Trying To Reach.

People Define Christianity Differently. I Think A Large Portion Of Our Population Are Christians, They're Not All Growing In Their Faith, They're Not All Active, But I Believe That A Lot Of People Believe In Jesus And Believe That He Is Their Lord And Savior.

I'm A Reverend And A Pastor. A Pastor Of The Church. I Go By Usually Pastor.

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 May Never Get To That Perfect World That You're Waiting For Where Everything's Going To Be Perfect And You Got That Much Money And Your House Paid Off.

My Dad Had A Church Of 90 People When I Was Born. It Was Just, Over The Years It Continued To Grow.

The Hindus Are Some Of The Nicest People You'll Ever Meet.

Sometimes What Works 40 Years Ago Doesn't Work Today.

I Didn't Try To Copy My Dad Or Fit Into The Pressure Or The Mold That Everybody Tried To Make Me Fit Into.

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.

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.

I'm Trying To Throw A Big Broad Net To Try To Get People Interested In God And Believe That He's For Them And Has A Purpose.

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.

To Me, It's Ok To Have Differences. But We Don't Have To Be Mad About It. You Know? And I Think That's Where Sometimes We Get So Passionate That We - You Know, It Turns Into Anger.

God Always Wants Us To Be Growing.

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.

Sometimes We Look At Gay Being A Bigger Sin Than Being Proud Or Not Telling The Truth. I Don't Think God Categorizes Sins.

I Want The Services To Look And Sound Like The Grammys. It's Not Showy, But We Represent God, And It Should Be First Class.

If You Don't Let People Flourish In Their Jobs, Why Are They Going To Stay?

There's A Belief That You're Supposed To Be Poor, And Suffering, And Show Your Humility. I Just Don't See The Bible That Way. I See That God Came And Jesus Died So That We Might Live An Abundant Life And Be A Blessing To Others.

It's Flattering To People Who Stop You And Say That You've Helped Them And All. But, Again, You Know, You've Got To Stay Humble Because As Quick As You Came Up, You Can Come Down.

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.

I Believe That God's Dream Is That We Be Successful In Our Careers, And That We Be Able To Send Our Kids To College. I Don't Mean That Everyone Is Going To Be Rich, And I Preach A Lot On Blooming Where You're Planted. But I Don't Have The Mindset That Money Is A Bad Thing.