Quotes By Joel Osteen

I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.

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 don't dislike anybody.

I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.

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.

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.

I think Bible principles are principles for life.

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

A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.

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

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

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

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

Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith.

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

I'm not looking to exclude people, I'm looking to include them.

If you want to rear financial blessings, you have to sow financially.

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

I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.

Let go of yesterday.

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

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.

The Hindus are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet.

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

You know, there is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don't know if I ever wanted to throw in the towel.

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.

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.

The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends.

God's desire is that we excel.

A lot of churches have not moved with the times.