Joel Osteen Quotes And Sayings

You Were Not Created To Just Get By With An Average, Unrewarding, Or Unfulfilling Life. God Created You To Leave Your Mark On This Generation.

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.

My Belief As A Christian Is When We Receive Christ As Salvation, That That Gives Us A Guarantee For Heaven.

Everybody Is Going To Have Their Critics. It's Easy To Get Discouraged In Life.

It Seems Like When I Was Growing Up There Was More Compromise, Wanting To Work With Each Other, And I Think All Of Them - All Of The Lawmakers - Have Hearts To Do What's Right, And They All Are Passionate About It.

If You Are Against Yourself, You Will Never Reach Your Highest Potential. And When You Criticize Yourself, You're Criticizing God.

Don't Grow Accustomed To Living With Less, Doing Less, And Being Less To The Point That You Eventually Sit Back And Accept It.

You're Not Better Than Anybody Else, But You're Not Less Than Anybody Else. You're A Child Of The Most High God.

The Truth Is, Somebody Is Always Talking About You, So You Have To Let It Go... If It's Not A Part Of Your God-given Destiny.

I'm Not A Big Believer In Trying To Jam Stuff Down Somebody's Throat: 'You're Going To Do It My Way.' I'd Rather Show By Example And Live My Life And Have People Say, 'You Know What, I Want To Live Like Joel Has. He's Got Peace And Joy, And He Seems Content.'

My Friends And I Had Fun Together, But I Was More Reserved, Not At All The Life Of The Party. I Would Just Be The Quiet One In The Room.

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.

A Good Thing To Remember Is Somebody's Got It A Lot Worse Than We Do.

There's Plenty About God That I Don't Understand And Can't Explain. But I Come Back To My Core Belief That God Is Good, That He's For Us.

I Think, For Years, People Have Been Pushed Down By Religion, And I Don't Say That Disrespectfully, But They've Been Shown A God That You Can't Measure Up To.

The Greatest Difficulty Always Comes Right Before The Birth Of A Dream.

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.

People Are Skeptical Of Many Televangelists, And I'm Sensitive To That.

I Think The Word Rich Is All Relative.

I Think God's Justice Is Making Wrongs Right.

I Write All My Sermons.

A Lot Of People Have It A Lot Worse Than You Do.

I'm Trying To Make God More Relevant In Our Society.

It's God's Will For You To Live In Prosperity Instead Of Poverty. It's God's Will For You To Pay Your Bills And Not Be In Debt.

A Lot Of Preachers' Kids Are Some Of The Most Rebellious Kids In The World. I Never Was Like That.

For A While... To Be An Evangelical Meant You Were A White Republican, And You Were Against This And Against That. I Don't Want To Be Put Into That Mold, Because Then People Judge You Before They Even Listen... I Don't Want To Divide The Very People I Am Trying To Reach.

I Don't Know What Can Be So Dangerous About Giving People Hope. Causing People To Have Better Relationships. I'm Not Leading Them To Some False God Or Something Like That.

I Want Get Across To Not Just The Church World. I Want To Get Outside Those Walls To Everyday People.

I Believe If You Keep Your Faith, You Keep Your Trust, You Keep The Right Attitude, If You're Grateful, You'll See God Open Up New Doors.

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.

When You Focus On Being A Blessing, God Makes Sure That You Are Always Blessed In Abundance.

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.

Choosing To Be Positive And Having A Grateful Attitude Is Going To Determine How You're Going To Live Your Life.

You Can Be Happy Where You Are.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

You Can Change Your World By Changing Your Words... Remember, Death And Life Are In The Power Of The Tongue.

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.

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.

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.

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.

You Can Be Committed To Church But Not Committed To Christ, But You Cannot Be Committed To Christ And Not Committed To Church.

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.

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.

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.

A Good Thing To Remember Is Somebody's Got It A Lot Worse Than We Do.

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.