--- title: "10 Critics Quotes By Joel Osteen" description: "10 Critics quotes by Joel Osteen. Plus more from Joel Osteen and more Critics sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a94/joel-osteen-194_critics_your-destiny-is-not-determined-by-your-c_2774892.jpg" --- > [Your destiny is not determined by your critics. Focus on running your own race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/your-destiny-is-not-determined-by-your-critics-focus-on-running-your/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a94/joel-osteen-194_critics_your-destiny-is-not-determined-by-your-c_2774892.jpg) > [Your enemies, your critics, the people that are trying to push you down-God can use them to push you up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/your-enemies-your-critics-the-people-that-are-trying-to-push-you-down/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/joel-osteen-194_critics_your-enemies-your-critics-the-people-tha_2758244.jpg) > [Quit worrying about what other people think and just be who God made you to be. If you will run your race,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/quit-worrying-about-what-other-people-think-and-just-be-who-god-made/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/joel-osteen-194_care_quit-worrying-about-what-other-people-th_404312.jpg) > [I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that's not in me. I want to lift people up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/i-think-sometimes-the-critics-want-me-to-beat-people-down-and-that-s/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/joel-osteen-194_beat_i-think-sometimes-the-critics-want-me-to_1665419.jpg) > [Everybody is going to have their critics. It's easy to get discouraged in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/everybody-is-going-to-have-their-critics-it-s-easy-to-get-discouraged/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/107/joel-osteen-194_critics_everybody-is-going-to-have-their-critics_469365.jpg) > [Don't spend all your time trying to win over your critics. Just run your own race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/don-t-spend-all-your-time-trying-to-win-over-your-critics-just-run/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/joel-osteen-194_be-true-to-yourself_don-t-spend-all-your-time-trying-to-win_2042049.jpg) > [You don't have to fight every battle. You don't have to respond to every critic. You don't have to be offended because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/you-don-t-have-to-fight-every-battle-you-don-t-have-to-respond-to/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b06/joel-osteen-194_battle_you-don-t-have-to-fight-every-battle-you_2738042.jpg) > [I don't focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/i-don-t-focus-on-the-critics-everyone-who-is-making-any-difference-in/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/joel-osteen-194_critics_i-don-t-focus-on-the-critics-everyone-wh_1665573.jpg) > [I like to take every day just searching my own heart, making sure that I'm on course, and I'm doing what God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/i-like-to-take-every-day-just-searching-my-own-heart-making-sure-that/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/joel-osteen-194_critics_i-like-to-take-every-day-just-searching_188887.jpg) > [If you’re going to do anything great in life, there will be opposition, setbacks, delays and critics. When you have big dreams,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/if-you-re-going-to-do-anything-great-in-life-there-will-be-opposition/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/joel-osteen-194_big-challenges_if-you-re-going-to-do-anything-great-in_538404.jpg) ## Other authors on Critics ## More by Joel Osteen > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/resist-discouragement-by-speaking-his-word-over-your-future-keep/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/i-don-t-have-to-figure-out-how-god-is-going-to-solve-my-problem-i-don/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [The only difference between black coal and a precious diamond is the amount of pressure it endured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/the-only-difference-between-black-coal-and-a-precious-diamond-is-the/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [Faith is easy; I think people complicate it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/faith-is-easy-i-think-people-complicate-it/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/there-s-pros-and-cons-of-a-big-church-cons-is-i-don-t-get-to-know/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [When you smile and project an aura of warmth, kindness, and friendliness, you will attract warms, kindness, and friendliness. Happy people will be drawn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/when-you-smile-and-project-an-aura-of-warmth-kindness-and/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were created to be victorious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/you-were-never-created-to-live-depressed-defeated-guilty-condemned/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [You may not have the approval of someone 'important,' but you have the favor of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/you-may-not-have-the-approval-of-someone-important-but-you-have-the/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [“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.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/in-the-bible-god-called-gideon-a-mighty-man-of-fearless-courage/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [At the start of each new day, remind yourself: I am talented. I am creative. I am greatly favored by God. I am equipped.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/at-the-start-of-each-new-day-remind-yourself-i-am-talented-i-am/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/don-t-be-intimidated-by-the-size-of-your-problem-or-the-size-of-your/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/no-matter-what-s-happening-choose-to-be-happy-don-t-focus-on-what-s/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [I deal with more practical issues of the Bible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/i-deal-with-more-practical-issues-of-the-bible/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/i-ve-learned-a-simple-principle-all-i-have-to-do-is-be-the-best-me/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [“Too often we don’t realize how great we have it until something is taken away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/too-often-we-don-t-realize-how-great-we-have-it-until-something-is/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/critics/joel-osteen/#itemlist", "name": "10 Critics Quotes By Joel Osteen", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Your destiny is not determined by your critics. 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