Joel Osteen

"You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat."

- Joel Osteen

"Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased."

- Joel Osteen

"The forces that are for you are greater than the forces against you."

- Joel Osteen

"The life in front of you is far more important than the life behind you."

- Joel Osteen

"People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind."

- Joel Osteen

"If you want to know where you’ll be five years from now, listen to what you’re saying about yourself today."

- Joel Osteen

"I challenge you to let every day be a Friday. Give yourself permission to be happy every day."

- Joel Osteen

"Happiness is always a choice. You can’t wait for circumstances to get better. You have to create your own good fortune. So look for ways to be happy every day."

- Joel Osteen

"The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith."

- Joel Osteen

"Pressure comes when you decide to be uncommon."

- Joel Osteen

"Your best days are not behind you. They’re in front of you."

- Joel Osteen

"Do all you can to make your dreams come true."

- Joel Osteen

"Life is flying by. You don’t have time to waste another minute being negative, offended, or bitter. If someone did you wrong, get over it and move forward."

- Joel Osteen

"You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won’t happen automatically."

- Joel Osteen

"You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.”"

- Joel Osteen

"Don’t make excuses, don’t blame the past. The rest of your life can be the best of your life"

- Joel Osteen

"You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the way'... Keep moving forward."

- Joel Osteen

"When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They're sent to promote, increase and strengthen you."

- Joel Osteen

"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."

- Joel Osteen

"You're not defined by your past; you're prepared by it. You're stronger, more experienced, and you have greater confidence."

- Joel Osteen

"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."

- Joel Osteen

""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.""

- Joel Osteen

"“Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.”"

- Joel Osteen

"A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself."

- Joel Osteen

"Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you... If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbour. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be."

- Joel Osteen

"God can restore what is broken and change it into something amazing. All you need is faith."

- Joel Osteen

"Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions."

- Joel Osteen

"Ask God to give you strength to endure, and rest assured, He will take care of you."

- Joel Osteen

"I think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it."

- Joel Osteen

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

- Joel Osteen

"We were old sinners - but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore."

- 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 to accelerate your times and lead you into the life of victory He has for you."

- Joel Osteen

"Understand that the enemy always fights the hardest when he knows you are closest to your breakthrough. He’d leave you alone if he thought you were going to live in mediocrity. If you keep pressing on toward your promise, through faith and patience, you will get there."

- Joel Osteen

"If you want to reap financial blessings, you have to sow financially."

- Joel Osteen

"Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God's perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year."

- Joel Osteen

"Quit worrying about people that are trying to hold you back. God knows how to move the wrong people out of your life and bring the right people in. He knows how to prepare you to Break Out."

- Joel Osteen

"Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever."

- Joel Osteen

"I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you're a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation."

- Joel Osteen

"I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you’re a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation."

- Joel Osteen

"Forgiveness is a choice, but it is not an option."

- Joel Osteen

"When we don't forgive, we're not hurting the other person. We're not hurting the company that did us wrong. We're not hurting God. We're only hurting ourselves."

- Joel Osteen

"Sometimes you face difficulties not because you’re doing something wrong, but because you’re doing something right."

- Joel Osteen

"You were never created to live depressed, guilty, condemned, ashamed, or unworthy. You were created to be victorious."

- Joel Osteen

"When someone is rude, keep a smile on your face. When you stay on the high road and keep your joy, you take away their power."

- Joel Osteen

"You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. We were created to be victorious."

- Joel Osteen

"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."

- Joel Osteen

"Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it."

- Joel Osteen

"You have a unique purpose and no one can fulfill it except you."

- Joel Osteen

"God puts people in our lives on purpose so we can help them succeed and help them become all He created them to be. Most people will not reach their full potential without somebody else believing in them."

- Joel Osteen

"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."

- Joel Osteen

"Life is flying by. You don’t have time to waste another minute being negative, offended, or bitter."

- Joel Osteen

"Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life."

- Joel Osteen

"Don't let stress steal your joy."

- Joel Osteen

"God doesn’t take you in a straight line. There are twists and turns. It may not happen the way you thought, but the disappointments, the bad breaks are all a part of God’s plan."

- Joel Osteen

"I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors."

- Joel Osteen

"See, when you drive home today, you've got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you've got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what's happened in your past is not near as important as what's in your future."

- Joel Osteen

"Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world."

- Joel Osteen

"Successful people don’t waste their time looking at what others are doing, they’re too busy focusing on their own goals"

- Joel Osteen

"You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won’t happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I do not care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.’"

- Joel Osteen

"Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you’ll get to where God wants you to be."

- Joel Osteen

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

- Joel Osteen

"Let go of your mistakes and failures. You can’t do anything about the past, but you can do something about right now."

- Joel Osteen

"Your past does not have to define your future."

- Joel Osteen

"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."

- Joel Osteen

"You will never change what you tolerate"

- Joel Osteen

"When you go through a disappointment, when you go through a loss, don’t stop on that page. Keep moving forward."

- Joel Osteen

"If your thinking is limited, your life will be limited. When you think better, you’ll live better."

- Joel Osteen

"When the negative thoughts come—and they will; they come to all of us—it's not enough to just not dwell on it… You've got to replace it with a positive thought."

- Joel Osteen

"It takes a big person to do something small."

- Joel Osteen

"Everywhere you go, make positive deposits rather than negative withdrawals. You can be a people builder."

- Joel Osteen

"You cannot soar with the eagles as long as you hang out with the turkeys."

- Joel Osteen

"When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance."

- Joel Osteen