43Inspirational Joel Osteen Quotes

43Inspirational Joel Osteen Quotes

 Joel Osteen is an American pastor, televangelist, and author, He is delivers God's message of hope and encouragement each week at Lakewood Church in Houston.

 Here are some of his famous quotes

1: “There may be times when you just have to love people from a distance." – Joel Osteen

2: “Don’t waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people." – Joel Osteen

3: “Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life." – Joel Osteen

4: “You cannot hang out with negative people and expect to live a positive life." – Joel Osteen

5: “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

6: “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

7: “Nothing in life has happened to you. It’s happened for you. Every disappointment. Every wrong. Even every closed door has helped make you into who you are." – Joel Osteen

8: “If you have your health, if you have people in your life to love, you are blessed. Slow down and enjoy the simple things in life." – Joel Osteen

9: “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

10: “Stones of judgment, discouragement or doubt may be thrown at you. You can’t stop them, but you can make the choice to keep your walls up and not let them affect you." – Joel Osteen

11: “It may look like the difficulty is going to defeat you. But you need to keep telling yourself, “This sickness can’t take my life." “This cancer can’t defeat me." “No bad break, no disappointment, no accident can shorten one second of my divine destiny." – Joel Osteen

12: “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

13: “Don’t live worried, frustrated or upset because of what somebody did or what didn’t work out. Come back to a place of peace. It’s not going to work against you; it’s going to work for you." – Joel Osteen

14: “When you go through enough dark places, you don’t complain about little things. You don’t lose your joy because you got stuck in traffic; you don’t get offended because a coworker was rude to you. You’ve been through too much to let that sour you." – Joel Osteen

15: “Make the decision and say, “I’m not letting that worry in. I’m done being upset when my plans don’t work out. I’m not letting that stress in." Negative thoughts will still come to your mind, but you don’t have to let them into your spirit." – Joel Osteen

16: “There is a winner in you. You were created to be successful, to accomplish your goals, to leave your mark on this generation. You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out." – Joel Osteen

17: “Don’t settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That’s your location, it’s not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality." – Joel Osteen

18: “No matter how dark and gloomy it looks in your life right now, if you’ll release the weight of those burdens, you will see the sun break forth." – Joel Osteen

19: “Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved issues inside. They have some major problems, anger, resentment, or some heartache they are trying to cope with or overcome. The last thing they need is for you to make matters worse by responding angrily." – Joel Osteen

20: “If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again." – Joel Osteen

21: “Do all you can to make your dreams come true." – Joel Osteen

22: “Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out. Live one day at a time; better yet, make the most of this moment. It’s good to have a big – picture outlook, to set goals, to establish budgets and make plans, but if you’re always living in the future, you’re never really enjoying the present in the way God wants you to." – Joel Osteen

23: “If we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement." – Joel Osteen

24: “In difficult times, we’re not supposed to quit believing; we’re not supposed to quit growing." – Joel Osteen

26: “Love is seen in our actions. The world does not need to hear another sermon nearly as much as it needs to see us being good to people.” – Joel Osteen

27: “Love is a perfectly good word so don’t be afraid to use it.” – Joel Osteen

28: “One way we can show love is by giving others room to make mistakes.” – Joel Osteen

29: “God made you a masterpiece – be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped." – Joel Osteen

30: “People of excellence go the extra mile to do what’s right." – Joel Osteen

31: “Don’t worry about your future or how you’re going to accomplish a dream. God has already lined up what you need." – Joel Osteen

32: “The real battle is taking place in your mind. If you’re defeated in your thoughts, then you’ve already lost." – Joel Osteen

33: “Get close to God first before getting close to anyone else. God without a man is still God, but man without God is nothing." – Joel Osteen

34: “Don’t talk about the way you are, talk about the way you want to be." – Joel Osteen

35: “The key to future success is to not be discouraged about your past or present while you are in the process of being “completed." – Joel Osteen

36: “Too many people have gotten comfortable, settled where they are and become too easily satisfied – time to stretch!" – Joel Osteen

37: “when you come to a closed door, regard that as God nudging you in a better direction." – Joel Osteen

38: “I realized that worry, fear, and wrong thinking are not simply bad habits. They allow the negative to come to pass." – Joel Osteen

39: “God made us for more than just barely getting by. We weren’t meant to sit on the sidelines of life because with God, we are on the winning team!" – Joel Osteen

40: “Faith activates God – Fear activates the Enemy." – Joel Osteen

41: “You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilled life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation." – Joel Osteen

42: “Don’t grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it." – Joel Osteen

43: “Start calling yourself healed, happy, whole, blessed, and prosperous. Stop talking to God about how big.” – Joel Osteen