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"52 Joel Osteen Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 5 March 1963 | Clergyman | Author |

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.

Positive Life Event Time
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I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it.

Battles Because Fight God
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The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.
Always Before Birth Difficulty
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You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

Change Changing Death Life
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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.

Ball Believe Boldly Court
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In difficult times, we're not supposed to quit believing; we're not supposed to quit growing.

Believing Difficult Difficult Times Growing
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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.

Angry Choose Day Doing
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God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.

God Wants Winner You
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You can be committed to Church but not committed to Christ, but you cannot be committed to Christ and not committed to church.

Cannot Christ Church Committed
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A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.
A Good Thing Good Good Thing Got
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A lot of churches have not moved with the times.

Churches Lot Moved Times
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Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

Attitude Choosing Determine Going
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Do all you can to make your dreams come true.

Come Dreams Make True
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Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.
Enemy Faith Fear God
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God didn't make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.

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

Destiny Financially Fulfill God
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I don't want to just preach to the church. I feel like I have a broader message.

Broader Church Feel I Feel
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I don't go down the road of condemning.
Condemning Down Down The Road Go
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I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be.

God Intended Marriage Same Sex
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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.

Away Decision Father God
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I think Bible principles are principles for life.
Bible I Think Life Principles
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I think God's justice is making wrongs right.

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

Bible Everyday Feel Gifted
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I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.

God Goes Going Heaven
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I've never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.

Away Finances Just Money
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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.

Around Donkey He Here
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If we say it long enough eventually we're going to reap a harvest. We're going to get exactly what we're saying.

Enough Eventually Exactly Exactly What
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If you want to reap financial blessings, you have to sow financially.

Blessings Financial Financially Reap
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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.

Bills Debt God Instead
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Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

Change Church Doing Get
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Only God can look at somebody's heart.
God Heart Look Only
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People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

Behind Front Future Great
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We were old sinners - but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore.

Anymore Came Christ Old
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When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

Abundance Always Being Blessed
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You may make some mistakes - but that doesn't make you a sinner. You've got the very nature of God on the inside of you.

God Got Inside Make
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Prospering just doesn't have to do with money.

Just Money Prospering Have to do
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I deal with more practical issues of the Bible.
Bible Deal Issues More
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I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.

Beat Down Lifted Like
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Sometimes, I think if you get away from what you're called to do, it's more of a distraction.

Away Distraction Get I Think
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I mean we all need a second chance sometimes.

Chance Mean Need Second
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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.

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

Day Give Home Hopefully
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I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just being who God made me to be.

Always Been Being Encouraging
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I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society.

God Make More Our
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Sometimes when you take strong stands, if you're not called to do it, you're dividing the audience you're trying to reach.

Audience Dividing Reach Sometimes
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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.

Believing Best Days Done
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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.

Attitude Do The Right Thing Even God
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I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope.

About Dangerous Giving Hope
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God's desire is that we excel.

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

Amazing Ask Because Believe
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Joel Osteen Quotes & Sayings