Joel Osteen Quotes And Sayings

I Have Always Believed In God.

When You Give Up Yourself, That's When You Will Feel The True Spirit Of Christmas. And That's Giving That's Serving Others And That's When You Feel Fulfilled.

I Don't Go Down The Road Of Condemning.

I Think Bible Principles Are Principles For Life.

I Try To Speak In Everyday Language. I Feel Like God Has Gifted Me To Take Bible Principles And Make Them Practical.

I'm Very Careful About Saying Who Would And Wouldn't Go To Heaven. I Don't Know.

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 Deal With More Practical Issues Of The Bible.

To Me, We're Marketing Hope.

I Don't Like To Beat People Down. They Need To Be Lifted Up.

We Need To Show Mercy. I Mean, Because As Much Mercy As You Show People, That's The Mercy You're Going To Be Receiving.

You Can Live Your Life Angry, Bitter, Mad At Somebody Or Even Guilty, Not Letting Go Of Your Own Mistakes, But You Won't Receive The Good Things God Has In Store.

I Don't Have All The Answers.

Sometimes When You Take Strong Stands, If You're Not Called To Do It, You're Dividing The Audience You're Trying To Reach.

On Sundays When I Speak, I Hopefully Give Somebody Something That They Can Use The Next Day At Work Or At Home.

I'm A Reverend And A Pastor. A Pastor Of The Church. I Go By Usually Pastor.

You May Never Get To That Perfect World That You're Waiting For Where Everything's Going To Be Perfect And You Got That Much Money And Your House Paid Off.

People Define Christianity Differently. I Think A Large Portion Of Our Population Are Christians, They're Not All Growing In Their Faith, They're Not All Active, But I Believe That A Lot Of People Believe In Jesus And Believe That He Is Their Lord And Savior.

My Dad Had A Church Of 90 People When I Was Born. It Was Just, Over The Years It Continued To Grow.

The Hindus Are Some Of The Nicest People You'll Ever Meet.

Sometimes What Works 40 Years Ago Doesn't Work Today.

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.

I Didn't Try To Copy My Dad Or Fit Into The Pressure Or The Mold That Everybody Tried To Make Me Fit Into.

I Always Try To Put A Seed Of Hope Into People's Hearts. I'm Not There To Teach Them Doctrine Necessarily, But To Let Them Know That God Is A Good God, And Has A Plan For Their Lives. Hopefully, That Will Restore Their Faith, Or Draw Them Into Faith.

When I Hear Mitt Romney Say That He Believes That Jesus Is The Son Of God, That He's The Christ, Raised From The Dead, That He's His Savior - That's Good Enough For Me.

I'm Trying To Throw A Big Broad Net To Try To Get People Interested In God And Believe That He's For Them And Has A Purpose.

To Me, It's Ok To Have Differences. But We Don't Have To Be Mad About It. You Know? And I Think That's Where Sometimes We Get So Passionate That We - You Know, It Turns Into Anger.

I'm Honest Enough To Say I Don't Know Everything. You Know, I Don't. I Don't Understand All Of God. I Don't Understand, You Know, Some Kind Of Why Bad Things Happen.

If You Don't Let People Flourish In Their Jobs, Why Are They Going To Stay?

God Always Wants Us To Be Growing.

I Want The Services To Look And Sound Like The Grammys. It's Not Showy, But We Represent God, And It Should Be First Class.

Sometimes We Look At Gay Being A Bigger Sin Than Being Proud Or Not Telling The Truth. I Don't Think God Categorizes Sins.

There's A Belief That You're Supposed To Be Poor, And Suffering, And Show Your Humility. I Just Don't See The Bible That Way. I See That God Came And Jesus Died So That We Might Live An Abundant Life And Be A Blessing To Others.

When You Focus On Being A Blessing, God Makes Sure That You Are Always Blessed In Abundance.

I Think God Gives Every One Of Us Our Own Will, And Unfortunately, Some People Choose To Do Evil Things With It.

It's Flattering To People Who Stop You And Say That You've Helped Them And All. But, Again, You Know, You've Got To Stay Humble Because As Quick As You Came Up, You Can Come Down.

When I Used To Play Sports, I'd Be The One Cheering The Team On, 'Come On, We Can Beat These Guys!' That's Just In Me.

You Were Not Created To Just Get By With An Average, Unrewarding, Or Unfulfilling Life. God Created You To Leave Your Mark On This Generation.

I Believe That God's Dream Is That We Be Successful In Our Careers, And That We Be Able To Send Our Kids To College. I Don't Mean That Everyone Is Going To Be Rich, And I Preach A Lot On Blooming Where You're Planted. But I Don't Have The Mindset That Money Is A Bad Thing.

My Belief As A Christian Is When We Receive Christ As Salvation, That That Gives Us A Guarantee For Heaven.

Everybody Is Going To Have Their Critics. It's Easy To Get Discouraged In Life.

It Seems Like When I Was Growing Up There Was More Compromise, Wanting To Work With Each Other, And I Think All Of Them - All Of The Lawmakers - Have Hearts To Do What's Right, And They All Are Passionate About It.

If You Are Against Yourself, You Will Never Reach Your Highest Potential. And When You Criticize Yourself, You're Criticizing God.

Don't Grow Accustomed To Living With Less, Doing Less, And Being Less To The Point That You Eventually Sit Back And Accept It.

Don't Grow Accustomed To Living With Less, Doing Less, And Being Less To The Point That You Eventually Sit Back And Accept It.

Faith Is About Trusting God When You Have Unanswered Questions.

My Friends And I Had Fun Together, But I Was More Reserved, Not At All The Life Of The Party. I Would Just Be The Quiet One In The Room.

The Truth Is, Somebody Is Always Talking About You, So You Have To Let It Go... If It's Not A Part Of Your God-given Destiny.

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 Show By Example And Live My Life And Have People Say, 'You Know What, I Want To Live Like Joel Has. He's Got Peace And Joy, And He Seems Content.'

I Think, For Years, People Have Been Pushed Down By Religion, And I Don't Say That Disrespectfully, But They've Been Shown A God That You Can't Measure Up To.