Top 111 Joel Osteen Quotes

Yes, the Bible should be taught in our schools because it is necessary to understand the Bible if we are to truly understand our own culture and how it came to be. The Bible has influenced every part of western culture from our art, music, and history, to our sense of fairness, charity, and business.

You’re not better than anybody else, but you’re not less than anybody else. You’re a child of the Most High God.

When my dad founded our church, he used either a globe or a map of the world behind him. It was symbolic of what Christ said: to go forth and preach hope to the world. We believe in the cross, but we just continued with the globe.

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.

I really believed that fear is contagious.

Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

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.

I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.

God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings where you suddenly meet the right person, or suddenly your health improves, or suddenly you’re able to pay off your house. That’s God shifting things in your favor.

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

We think when God speaks to us, there’s going to be a boom out of Heaven or we’re going to get some chill bumps, but I really believe God’s talking to us all the time. He’s talking to us right in here. I call it our heart, our conscience, but it’s the Holy Spirit talking to us.

If we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

I have always believed in 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.

God wants to bless us where we are.

Let go of yesterday.

My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.

God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.

I don’t want to just preach to the church. I feel like I have a broader message.

You can be committed to Church but not committed to Christ, but you cannot be committed to Christ and not committed to church.

I’m healthy as can be – not an ache or a pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking the Lord that I am healthy. I pray for long life and good health.

God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

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

I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to 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.

I believe God’s keeping the records, and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life. Somehow, some way, God will make it up to you. It may be He protected you from an accident you never knew. You can’t give God something without God giving you more in return, whether it’s peace or joy or satisfaction.

Everybody is going to have their critics. It’s easy to get discouraged in life.

You can change your world by changing your words… Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift.

God made you a masterpiece – be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.

You have enough people against you… be for yourself.

A lot of preachers’ kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that.

People in tough times – it doesn’t mean they don’t have a great attitude.

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.

God’s desire is that we excel.

Sometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside.

Prospering just doesn’t have to do with money.

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.

I’m healthy as can be – not an ache or a pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking the Lord that I am healthy. I pray for long life and good health.

Mormonism is a little different, but I still see them as brothers in Christ.

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.

If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.

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.

Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, ‘Hey, I did my religious duty.’ That’s fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you’re talking to God. Even if it’s in your thoughts.

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.

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.

I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father.

I like to take every day just searching my own heart, making sure that I’m on course, and I’m doing what God wants me to do. I’m real good with not looking to the critics and looking straight ahead.

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.

It is a hard thing to let go of mistakes we’ve made and sins. God wants us to do that because He knows the guilt and the condemnation will keep us from becoming who He has created us to be.

I’m not for gay marriage, but I’m not for discriminating against people.

Friend, there’s no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.

We can be civil. We can still be friends, and be Democrats and Republicans, and have different views.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.

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.

I’m trying to make God more relevant in our society. And I think talking in everyday terms and making sure people can understand it – I think that’s important.

I think God’s justice is making wrongs right.

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.

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

God’s got you in the palm of His hand. You won’t leave one second before your time. If God wants you to be here, then you’re going to be here.

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

If you don’t set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.

We live in a day that nobody’s lived in before: where you can touch more people. The message I’ll speak tonight and the message that I speak at home, people in India will hear. It’s just an amazing day.

I don’t know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope. Causing people to have better relationships. I’m not leading them to some false God or something like that.

I think Bible principles are principles for life.

Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world.

I don’t believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.

Faith is easy; I think people complicate it.

I don’t like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.

I deal with more practical issues of the Bible.

You know, there is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don’t know if I ever wanted to throw in the towel.