Top 100 Osteen Quotes
#1. Bad law-preaching levels some of us; Osteen's omission of the law levels none of us; biblical preaching of the law levels all of us.
Michael S. Horton
#2. I'm sort of shy, and Twitter feels like chatting all day with a group. I like to follow people. I'm following Joel Osteen, Steve Martin, and an anonymous purple egg - just to see where they go with it.
Maria Bamford
#3. I also like some of Joel Osteen's work. I think he's now doing a book about one of my favorite sermons of his, "The Power of 'I Am.' " I just love that sermon.
Oprah Winfrey
#4. Let me encourage you, if someone has wronged you, and you still get that cringing feeling on the inside when you see or think about that person, take it to God and allow Him to keep your heart soft and sensitive.
Victoria Osteen
#5. God has given us all wonderful unique gifts and talents to use to glorify and celebrate Him.
Victoria Osteen
#6. Learn to speak God's favor over every area of your life. Remember, the more favor-minded you are, the more of God's favor you're going to experience.
Joel Osteen
#7. I try to look on all the great things God's done, and not focus on the negative. It's a perspective.
Joel Osteen
#8. Don't fall into the trap of putting yourself last on the list or not even putting yourself on the list. That's not balance; it's not even healthy.
Victoria Osteen
#9. Well I think a lot of times we're putting things off and I'm going to do it later. I'm going to break this bad habit or I'm going to pursue this dream or I'm going to treat my spouse better.
Joel Osteen
#10. Beauty is in being who God made you to be with confidence.
Joel Osteen
#11. At the end of day, what matters most to God, what moves His heart, isn't our fancy words and impressive possessions - it's the condition of our hearts.
Victoria Osteen
#12. Don't spend all your time trying to win over your critics. Just run your own race.
Joel Osteen
#13. As much as you may want to, you can't control what other people say or do; you can only control yourself.
Victoria Osteen
#14. I want to remind you today that the greatest Artist of all time created you. He dreamed about you long before you were born, before a single brushstroke of your life took place.
Victoria Osteen
#15. You can be in the storm, but don't let the storm get in you.
Joel Osteen
#16. If you want your life to get better, sometimes the best thing you can do is to help improve somebody else's life.
Joel Osteen
#18. The marriage partner is not really the problem. No other person can ultimately make you happy. You must learn how to be happy within yourself.
Joel Osteen
#19. 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
#20. The challenges are gonna go, and your children are gonna grow, so try to enjoy this moment, and try to look at what's good, and be grateful for what you have because you will see better days.
Victoria Osteen
#21. I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.
Joel Osteen
#22. I purposely don't talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you to be blessed. To me, prosperity is having health, having great children, having peace, good relationships. It's not about the money.
Joel Osteen
#23. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. COLOSSIANS 3:15
Joel Osteen
#24. God has a way of removing what looks permanent by showing us an explosion of His goodness.
Joel Osteen
#25. Forgiveness sets the prisoner free. And realizing that prisoner was you. That's what forgiveness does. It sets you free.
Victoria Osteen
#26. If you'll spend time praying for people instead of talking about them, you'll get better results.
Joel Osteen
#27. A victor's mentality becomes a victor's reality.
Joel Osteen
#28. Start calling yourself healed, happy, whole, blessed, and prosperous. Stop talking to God about how big
your mountains are, and start talking to your mountains about how big your God is!
Joel Osteen
#29. I try to listen to my children. I try to change with my children.
Victoria Osteen
#30. Your problems are not there to defeat you, they are there to increase you.
Joel Osteen
#31. When you allow what someone says or does to upset you, you're allowing that person to control you.
Joel Osteen
#32. You are full of potential. You are overflowing with creativity. There's nothing in your heart that you cannot accomplish.
Joel Osteen
#33. Your job isn't to judge. - Your job isn't to figure out if someone deserves something or decide who is right or wrong. - Your job is to lift the fallen, restore the broken, and heal the hurting.
Joel Osteen
#34. 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.
Joel Osteen
#35. I'm not going to get upset. I'm not going to let people steal my joy.
Joel Osteen
#36. Faith is agreeing with God and saying what He says about you.
John Osteen
#37. God didn't create you to be average. You were created to excel You have everything
Joel Osteen
#38. I want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people.
Joel Osteen
#39. Imagine Him smiling down on you right now. Embrace His love. Remember, you are His most prized possession, the apple of His eye!
Victoria Osteen
#40. As women, we're nurturers by nature. We want to make sure everyone is happy. That's a good thing, but we also have to put ourselves on that happiness list.
Victoria Osteen
#41. I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.
Joel Osteen
#42. You will never go beyond the barriers in your own mind. If you think you can't do something, then you never will.
Joel Osteen
#43. You were created to give. You were created to make the lives of others better. Someone needs what you have. Someone needs your love. Someone needs your smile. Someone needs your encouragement and your gifts.
Joel Osteen
#44. If you spend your life trying to please people or letting them control you, you may make them happy, but you'll miss your destiny.
Joel Osteen
#45. When my father died, it sounds kind of simple but I just had the desire to step up and pastor the church. It was what I was supposed to do. I just took that step of faith.
Joel Osteen
#46. When you stir up the passion, your faith will allow God to do amazing things. If you want to remain passionate, you cannot let what once was a miracle become ordinary.
Joel Osteen
#47. You hold the keys of change within you. You be the change you want to see.
Victoria Osteen
#48. Get in the habit of speaking positive, faith-filled words over your life, because a healthy self-image is one of the greatest assets you can have. It will not only cause you to rise higher, but it will inspire others around you to live at their best.
Victoria Osteen
#49. In difficult times, we're not supposed to quit believing; we're not supposed to quit growing.
Joel Osteen
#50. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.
Joel Osteen
#51. If you will be the best that you can be right where you are, God will promote you and give you more.
Victoria Osteen
#52. Life is not too short ... we just wait too long to begin it.
Joel Osteen
#53. Your faith will help you overcome your obstacles.
Joel Osteen
#54. To live your best life now, you must learn to trust God's timing, you may not think He's working, but you can be sure that right now, behind the scenes, God is arranging all the pieces to come together to work out His plan for your life.
Joel Osteen
#55. You may have had unfair things happen to you, but the depth of your pain is an indication of the height of your future.
Joel Osteen
#56. In some families, parents don't read or don't have the money to spend on books.
Victoria Osteen
#57. If you focus on the actions of others and allow them to constantly upset you, then you are handing your peace over to them and giving away your power.
Victoria Osteen
#58. 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
#59. God has already lined up the right people for you, people that will inspire you, challenge you and motivate you. If you'll let go of the wrong people, then the right people will show up.
Joel Osteen
#60. Don't settle for average. You were made for greatness.
Victoria Osteen
#61. What you receive is directly connected to what you believe
Joel Osteen
#62. God would not have put a dream in your heart if He had not already given you everything you need to fulfill it.
Joel Osteen
#63. You're not being responsible with what God gave you if you're hanging out with time wasters who have no goals and no dreams.
Joel Osteen
#64. 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.
Joel Osteen
#66. Closed doors are a test of our faith. Keep moving forward, being your best, living with determination and faith. When you do, you'll see amazing changes all around you.
Joel Osteen
#67. If you cannot get along with yourself, you'll never be able to get along with other people.
Joel Osteen
#68. We're not always going to understand why something happens.True faith is trusting even when it doesn't make sense
Joel Osteen
#69. It's amazing what you'll discover if you start exploring what God has placed within you.
Victoria Osteen
#70. Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.
Joel Osteen
#71. 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
#72. Of preparing for defeat, prepare for victory. Prepare for increase. Prepare for God's favor. You have to set the tone at the start of each day.
Joel Osteen
#73. I feel like my message is to let people know that God is a good God, that He's on their side, and no matter what happens, He has a great plan for them.
Joel Osteen
#74. Start announcing freedom from anything that's holding you back. Freedom from addictions, freedom from loneliness, freedom from lack, freedom from struggle. You are prophesying your future. Your words are setting the direction for your life.
Joel Osteen
#75. When life feels like a yoyo, no matter the ups or the downs know that you'll always end up in the hands of Almighty God.
Victoria Osteen
#76. At the start of each new day, remind yourself: "I am talented. I am creative. I am greatly favored by God. I am equipped. I am well able. I will see my dreams come to pass." Declare those statements by faith and before long, you will begin to see them in reality.
Joel Osteen
#77. Who you associate with makes a difference in how far you go in life.
Joel Osteen
#79. You know what? I'm not going to beat myself up. I did the best I can do, and so I'm going to believe that - I'm going to believe good things about myself.
Joel Osteen
#80. I've always been very happy. I've always been easy going and I've always been very encouraging; it's just my personality.
Joel Osteen
#81. If your dream dies, dream another one. If things don't work out the way you've planned, God has a better plan for you.
Joel Osteen
#82. I do know this ... I seem to reach a lot of previously unchurched people. So many people have told me they never went to church until they heard our message of hope that God is a good God who desires to bless those who are faithful and obedient to Him through Jesus Christ.
Joel Osteen
#83. Don't fall in love with the blessings. Fall in love with the Blessor. Seek first the Kingdom & God will reward you!
Joel Osteen
#84. I see people - they won't be negative toward other people, but inside they're negative toward themselves, and I think that holds us back.
Joel Osteen
#85. No, I'm not settling here. I'm going to keep pressing forward.
Joel Osteen
#86. We've got to give people room to have a bad day.
Joel Osteen
#87. God can take what was meant for my harm and turn it around and use it to my advantage.
Joel Osteen
#88. When you're tempted to be upset, ask yourself 'Is this worth giving up my joy?'
Joel Osteen
#89. Your destiny is not determined by your critics. Focus on running your own race.
Joel Osteen
#90. You can make changes in your life and you can say, "I'm going to be a better parent next year than I am right now," or, "I'm going to take an extra step in my career and not just be satisfied where I am." So it has a lot to do with our will, but also we have to work as well.
Joel Osteen
#91. I can do all things through Christ. I am strong in the Lord.
Joel Osteen
#92. You're not better than anybody else, but you're not less than anybody else. You're a child of the Most High God.
Joel Osteen
#93. Keep honoring God with your life, stay in peace, trust His timing and God will open doors that no man can shut.
Joel Osteen
#94. You know what, my faith is like this - when I die, I'm going to live with God forever and ever. But I believe He wants us to have a good life here on Earth.
Victoria Osteen
#95. If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.
Joel Osteen
#96. God planted a dream in your heart for a reason. No one else can dream it for you. No one else will accomplish it for you.
Joel Osteen
#98. Don't just go through it; grow through it.
Joel Osteen
#99. It doesn't matter who likes you or doesn't like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you.
Joel Osteen
#100. Often, out of our greatest rejection comes our greatest direction.
Joel Osteen
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