Joel Osteen Quotes And Sayings

Sometimes, I Think If You Get Away From What You're Called To Do, It's More Of A Distraction.

Prospering Just Doesn't Have To Do With Money.

I Believe God Gives You The Grace To Do What You Need To Do.

I Feel Like My Message Is To Let People Know That God Is A Good God, That He's On Their Side, And No Matter What Happens, He Has A Great Plan For Them.

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.

We Need To, You Know, Restore People. 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'm Not The Judge. You Know, God Didn't Tell Me To Go Around Judging Everybody.

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.

I Don't Mind Saying, You Know, That I Don't Take A Salary From The Church, And God Has Blessed Me With More Money Than I Could Imagine From My Books. It's Been Printed All Over, So I Don't Feel Like I Am Hiding Anything.

God's Got You In The Palm Of His Hand. You Won't Leave One Second Before Your Time. If God Wants You To Be Here, Then You're Going To Be Here.

When People Are Around Us, They Should Leave Better Off Than They Were Previously. Rather Than Feeling Discouraged Or Defeated, People Should Feel Challenged And Inspired After Spending Any Time With You And Me.

You Have Enough People Against You... Be For Yourself.

You Are Victors, Not Victims!

Whether A Person Is Straight Or Gay, Republican, Democrat, Good Person, Not A Good Person, They're All Welcome, Because To Me, Church Is A Place You're Supposed To Get Healed And Whole And Loved.

I Don't Think That A Same-sex Marriage Is The Way God Intended It To Be.

I'm Not Looking To Exclude People, I'm Looking To Include Them.

It's Amazing How People Will Give When You Don't Ask. Many Of Them Send Money Because They Believe In The Message.

Life's A Fight. It's A Good Fight Of Faith.

My Parents Were The Same In The Pulpit As They Were At Home. I Think That's Where A Lot Of Preachers' Kids Get Off Base Sometimes. Because They Don't See The Same Things At Both Places.

I Don't Believe We Are Supposed To Go Through Life Defeated And Not Having Enough Money To Pay Our Bills Or Send Our Kids To College.

My Biggest Hobby Is Hanging Out With My Family And Kids.

Mormonism Is A Little Different, But I Still See Them As Brothers In Christ.

See, People Are Watching You. Especially Your Children. They're Taking In Every Single Thing You Do. They Are Like Video Cameras With Legs. And They Are Always In The Record Mode. They Learn More From What You Do Than From What You Say.

We Can Be Civil. We Can Still Be Friends, And Be Democrats And Republicans, And Have Different Views.

I Just Think That Trusting God Means We're Going To Have Unanswered Questions, And God Is So Much Bigger Than Us, We're Never Going To Understand Them All.

I Try To Look On All The Great Things God's Done, And Not Focus On The Negative. It's A Perspective.

You'll Never Rise Any Higher Than The Way You See Yourself.

I Like To Take Every Day Just Searching My Own Heart, Making Sure That I'm On Course, And I'm Doing What God Wants Me To Do. I'm Real Good With Not Looking To The Critics And Looking Straight Ahead.

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.'

The Ultimate Connection Is When You Are Connected To The Creator Of The Universe.

I Don't Argue When People Say That My Message Is Simple, But I Believe Jesus' Message Was Simple. Jesus Didn't Go Around Condemning People.

So Many People Are Looking At What's Wrong, And I Try To Encourage Them To Look At What's Right In Their Life. A Lot Of People Have It A Lot Worse Than You Do.

God Wants You To Be A Winner, Not A Whiner.

Many Times, We Miss Out On God's Best Because We Give Up Too Soon. We Don't Realize How Close We Are To Victory.

The Question Is Not, 'Do You Have A Problem?' The Question Is, 'Does The Problem Have You?'

Faith Is Easy; I Think People Complicate It.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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'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 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 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.