Never let discouraging people and discouraging situations talk you out of your dream. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
God has put people in your life on purpose, Don't live to get, live to give. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
God loves to use ordinary people just like you and me, faults and all, to do extraordinary things. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
You have to accept the fact that some people are never going to be for you. Treat them with respect, but you… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
There are people in your path just so you can be a blessing to them. Anytime you do good for others, you… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
I think God gives every one of us our own will, and unfortunately, some people choose to do evil things with it. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Too often we judge people based on our own backgrounds and experiences, but when you understand people's stories, it's easier to understand… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
People can call you many different things, but you are not what people call you. You are what you answer to. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that's not in me. I want to lift people up. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
If you’ll dare to take your mind off your troubles, get your mind off your own needs and, instead, seek to be… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
The prerequisite to loving others is to love yourself. If you don't have a healthy respect for who you are, and if… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
We deal with people that are going through divorces and that are facing life-threatening illnesses, and I'm giving them hope. And to… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
A disagreement or incident involving someone who's not that important to you, like a guy who cut you off in traffic or… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
I DECLARE God is going before me making crooked places straight. He has already lined up the right people, the right opportunities… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
When I took over from my father, he came from the Southern Baptist background, and back 40-50 years ago, there was a… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
I just want to continue to grow and be open to what God wants to do. I guess my main goal is… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
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… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate,… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Sometimes, God uses difficult people, like sandpaper, to rub the rough edges off us. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
I don't argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus' message was simple. Jesus didn't go around… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
If you'll spend time praying for people instead of talking about them, you'll get better results. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
It's amazing how people will give when you don't ask. Many of them send money because they believe in the message. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Quit worrying about what other people think and just be who God made you to be. If you will run your race,… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Don’t allow negative people to steal your joy. When you lose your joy, you lose your strength. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Jesus didn't go around condemning people. The Bible says it's the goodness of God that leads people to repentance. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
You can have average talent, but when God breathes on your life, you will go further than people that have great talent.… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Don't waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Forgive the people that hurt you. God will pay you back with double the joy,double victory.. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Be careful with whom you associate, especially when you feel emotionally vulnerable, because negative people can steal the dream right out of… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
If you have your health, if you have people in your life to love, you are blessed. Slow down and enjoy the… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
I want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
I think, for years, people have been pushed down by religion, and I don't say that disrespectfully, but they've been shown a… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Resist discouragement by speaking His Word over your future. Keep standing. Keep hoping; keep believing because He is working behind the scenes. He's going… — Joel Osteen Copy Share
I don't have to figure out how God is going to solve my problem. I don't have to understand how He's going to bring… — Joel Osteen Copy Share
The only difference between black coal and a precious diamond is the amount of pressure it endured. — Joel Osteen Copy Share
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,… — Joel Osteen Copy Share
When you smile and project an aura of warmth, kindness, and friendliness, you will attract warms, kindness, and friendliness. Happy people will be drawn… — Joel Osteen Copy Share
You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were created to be victorious. — Joel Osteen Copy Share
You may not have the approval of someone 'important,' but you have the favor of God. — Joel Osteen Copy Share
“In the Bible, God called Gideon a mighty man of (fearless) courage. Gideon looked around and said, “Who’s He talking to? That’s not me.”… — Joel Osteen Copy Share
At the start of each new day, remind yourself: I am talented. I am creative. I am greatly favored by God. I am equipped.… — Joel Osteen Copy Share
Don't be intimidated by the size of your problem or the size of your dream. God will see to it that it is finished… — Joel Osteen Copy Share
No matter what's happening, choose to be happy. Don't focus on what's wrong. Find something positive in your life. Thank God for the small… — Joel Osteen Copy Share
I've learned a simple principle: all I have to do is be the best 'me' that I can be. One day when I read… — Joel Osteen Copy Share
“Too often we don’t realize how great we have it until something is taken away.” — Joel Osteen Copy Share
