Trying Quotes by Joel Osteen

I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society.

— Joel Osteen

I guess no matter how hard you try, you can't escape your past.

— Joel Osteen

“Don't waste your time trying to win people over that can never be won over.”

— Joel Osteen

Do yourself a favor; don’t wear yourself out trying to please everybody. Your time is too valuable.

— Joel Osteen

I try to look on all the great things God's done, and not focus on the negative. It's a perspective.

— Joel Osteen

Don't spend all your time trying to win over your critics. Just run your own race.

— Joel Osteen

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

— Joel Osteen

I'm not trying to follow a set of rules and stuff. I'm just living my life.

— Joel Osteen

I like to start my day off every morning, take the first half hour and just search my own heart, see if…

— Joel Osteen

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

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

— Joel Osteen

I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find…

— Joel Osteen

When you face adversity, you need to remind yourself that whatever is trying to defeat you could very well be what God…

— Joel Osteen

So many people are looking at what's wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what's right in their life.…

— Joel Osteen

I tell people all the time, preached a couple Sundays about it. I'm for everybody. You may not agree with me, but…

— Joel Osteen

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

— Joel Osteen

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

For a while... to be an evangelical meant you were a white Republican, and you were against this and against that. I…

— Joel Osteen

I'm for everybody. You may not agree with me, but to me it's not my job to try to straighten everybody out.…

— Joel Osteen

I do think that religion has turned a lot of people off. Part of it is because it was all about the…

— Joel Osteen

There are a lot of decisions we pass up on because we think, "You know what? That's just going to build -…

— Joel Osteen

I always try to put a seed of hope into people's hearts. I'm not there to teach them doctrine necessarily, but to…

— Joel Osteen

Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate,…

— Joel Osteen

I try to teach people that I believe God wants us to be positive toward ourselves, meaning that, you know what, I…

— Joel Osteen

You're not really free until you're free from trying to please everybody.

— Joel Osteen

If you spend your life trying to please people or letting them control you, you may make them happy, but you'll miss…

— Joel Osteen

Life's too short to spend it trying to keep others happy. You can't please everyone. To fulfill your destiny, stay true to…

— Joel Osteen

Don't use your faith to try to get rid of problems. Use your faith to remain calm in the midst of your…

— Joel Osteen

I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society. And I think talking in everyday terms and making sure people can…

— Joel Osteen

People will try to label you not good enough, too slow, too old, too many mistakes. You can't stop negative comments or…

— Joel Osteen

Your enemies, your critics, the people that are trying to push you down-God can use them to push you up.

— Joel Osteen

There's a lot of negative things trying to pull people down, and I think people respond when you tell them that hey,…

— Joel Osteen

I'm trying to teach people how to live their everyday lives, and so I do focus on it, probably not as much…

— Joel Osteen

Learn to trust His timing. Don't get in a hurry; don't grow impatient; don't try to force doors open. Don't try to…

— Joel Osteen

Quit worrying about people that are trying to hold you back. God knows how to move the wrong people out of your…

— Joel Osteen

It's better to become who God created you to be than to try to promote yourself to become something you're not.

— Joel Osteen

I'm trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He's for them…

— Joel Osteen

Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate,…

— Joel Osteen

No matter how dark it looks, no matter how long it's been, no matter how many people are trying to push you…

— Joel Osteen