Joel Osteen Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.”

“I think that God gives you your own will and choices. I don't believe that we're supposed to drag ourselves through life defeated and not see God's blessings. But you have to make the right choices and follow that still, small voice within you. Because I think that's how God leads us.”

“Don't grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it.”

“I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged - 'There's nothing good in my future' - I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there's an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.”

“I'm not the judge. You know, God didn't tell me to go around judging everybody.”

“My message is that God is a good God.”

“I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There's the teaching that we're supposed to be poor to show that we're humble. I don't buy that. I think we're supposed to be leaders. We're supposed to excel.”

“I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books. It's been printed all over, so I don't feel like I am hiding anything.”

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

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