Top 100 Osteen's 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 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
#3. 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
#4. I try to look on all the great things God's done, and not focus on the negative. It's a perspective.
Joel Osteen
#5. 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
#6. 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
#7. 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
#8. 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
#9. 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
#10. 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
#11. Forgiveness sets the prisoner free. And realizing that prisoner was you. That's what forgiveness does. It sets you free.
Victoria Osteen
#12. A victor's mentality becomes a victor's reality.
Joel Osteen
#13. You are full of potential. You are overflowing with creativity. There's nothing in your heart that you cannot accomplish.
Joel Osteen
#14. 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
#15. 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
#16. 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
#17. It's amazing what you'll discover if you start exploring what God has placed within you.
Victoria Osteen
#18. 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
#19. 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
#20. 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
#21. 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
#22. 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
#23. 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.
Joel Osteen
#24. I don't think you should spend your life praying for things, but I do believe you should thank God for what He's given you ... but I think the scripture teaches us that we can pray for our dreams, pray for the big things ... he's not a small God; this God is incredible.
Joel Osteen
#25. Whatever you're facing, it is under your feet. It is not permanent. It's temporary. Stay
Joel Osteen
#26. 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.
Joel Osteen
#27. Everybody is going to have their critics. It's easy to get discouraged in life.
Joel Osteen
#28. There's plenty about God that I don't understand and can't explain. But I come back to my core belief that God is good, that He's for us.
Joel Osteen
#29. Again I think my gift is bringing hope to everybody, and I don't want someone to look at me and say, "I would listen to him, I like what he's saying, but he's this or that politically and that turns me off."
Joel Osteen
#30. When we step out in faith and use the talents He's given us, we show that we trust God, that we believe He will bless our actions and cause us to succeed.
Victoria Osteen
#31. When we tend to the areas of life that are important to us, when we make those things a priority, that's when we will flourish in those areas.
Victoria Osteen
#32. If people talk about you, being jealous, critical, and trying to make you look bad, don't let that change you. You don't need their approval when you have God's approval.
Joel Osteen
#34. No matter how long it's been, no matter how impossible it looks, if you'll stay in faith, your time is coming.
Joel Osteen
#35. No matter how many times you get knocked down, keep getting back up. God sees your resolve. He sees your determination. And when you do everything you can do, that's when God will step in and do what you can't do.
Joel Osteen
#36. Our life ripples out, and it has influence. That's why it's important that we're at our best and that we're influencing others for the good.
Victoria Osteen
#37. At this very moment, God's working behind the scenes in your life, arranging things in your favor. Stay in faith!
Joel Osteen
#38. When things gets difficult, and it seems like the intensity has been turned up, that's a sign you are close to your victory.
Joel Osteen
#39. We try to keep a good line of communication open with our children. It's not always about trying to just teach them every moment, but it's about listening to them and trying to understand them and gain that sense of communication so when they need to talk to someone, they know that we're there.
Victoria Osteen
#40. It's hard to argue with someone that won't argue with you.
Victoria Osteen
#41. Don't just look for your miracle. Become someone else's miracle.
Joel Osteen
#42. One touch of His (God's) favor can put you fifty years ahead of where you thought you'd be.
Joel Osteen
#43. You're not RESPONSIBLE for somebody else's happiness. You're responsible for your own HAPPINESS.
Joel Osteen
#44. In our family health, it's about having a balanced life, about laughing and staying on a positive note.
Victoria Osteen
#45. A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.
Joel Osteen
#46. 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.
Joel Osteen
#47. So many people are looking at what's wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what's right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.
Joel Osteen
#48. God honors obedience, and He has distinct plans for us. I think the dreams that God puts in our hearts, we can fulfill. He's equipped us for that.
Joel Osteen
#49. If it's not meeting a need, turn it into a seed. Remember, we will reap what we sow. When you do good for other people, that's when God is going to make sure that His abundant blessings overtake you.
Joel Osteen
#50. Don't pick on your sister when she's holding a baseball bat.
Joel Osteen
#51. God's Word is alive and powerful! When you declare these words over your life, the truth of God's Word draws forth the seeds of love that God deposits into us when we invite Jesus to be our Lord and Savior.
Victoria Osteen
#52. 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.
Joel Osteen
#53. I think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it.
Joel Osteen
#54. Don't focus on what's wrong. Things may not be perfect, but be grateful for the opportunity to experience each day. Live each day like it could be your last.
Joel Osteen
#55. I DECLARE I will experience God's faithfulness. I will not worry. I will not doubt. I will keep my trust in Him, knowing that He will not fail me. I will give birth to every promise God put in my heart and I will become everything God created me to be. This is my declaration.
Joel Osteen
#56. 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.
Joel Osteen
#57. Listen carefully to the words and tone of voice you use with your spouse. Are you complaining all the time and telling her what she's not doing right? Or are you doing like Solomon-blessing, encouraging, and uplifting that woman?
Joel Osteen
#58. Our relationships are precious, valuable treasures from heaven, and we should handle them carefully, always looking for ways to build bridges to each other's hearts.
Victoria Osteen
#60. When you go through a disappointment, when you go through a loss, don't stop on that page. Keep moving forward. There's another chapter in front of you, but you have to be willing to walk into it.
Joel Osteen
#61. A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps. PROVERBS 16:9 NKJV
Joel Osteen
#62. Take time to make a difference. Don't just obsess about how you can make your life better. Think about how you can make somebody else's life better as well.
Joel Osteen
#63. Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.
Joel Osteen
#64. The thing is, God has already seen every twist and turn of your life. He already knows what's in your heart. He already knows the decisions you've made. He's just waiting for you to call on Him and be honest with Him like Jonah was.
Victoria Osteen
#65. Children touch all of our lives. We all have the opportunity to sow seeds into the next generation, and there's nothing more important that we can leave on this earth than a legacy of faith, hope, and confidence in our God.
Victoria Osteen
#66. God usually meets us at our level of expectancy. That's why, in many ways, your expectations will set the boundaries for your life. Jesus said, According to your faith ... be it done to you.
Joel Osteen
#67. 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.
Joel Osteen
#68. You were created to make somebody else's life better. Somebody needs your smile. They need your love, your encouragement & your gifts.
Joel Osteen
#69. Bitterness and unforgiveness block the flow of God's blessing in your life and actually hinder your prayers.
Victoria Osteen
#70. Life's too short to spend it trying to keep others happy. You can't please everyone. To fulfill your destiny, stay true to your heart.
Joel Osteen
#71. If you will remain at rest and hold your peace, then the battle is not yours, but the battle is the Lord's.
Joel Osteen
#72. There's a lot that is good in your life-don't take it for granted. Don't get so focused on the struggles that you miss the gift of today
Joel Osteen
#73. I love David's attitude in the Bible. He wasn't afraid to go against the trends. He wasn't going to be defined by the opinions of others.
Victoria Osteen
#74. Don't complain about the problem. It's not random. You're going to need that victory in the future. God is taking you from glory to glory. When you come through this challenge, that victory will be the fuel you use that gets you to the next level of glory.
Joel Osteen
#75. It's not who you are, but whose you are that counts. Because God is your heavenly Father, doors of opportunity will open for you.
Joel Osteen
#76. Certainly there are times in all of our lives when bad things happen, or things don't turn out as we had hoped. But that's when we we must a decision that we're going to be happy inspite of our circumstances.
Joel Osteen
#77. Because you have honored God, He will put you in a position you never could have attained on your own. It's not just your education, not just your talent, or the family you come from. It's the hand of God shifting you to a new level of your destiny.
Joel Osteen
#78. Don't be impatient. It's not over until God says it's over.
Joel Osteen
#79. It's so important for you to get around people who will stir up those seeds of greatness. Don't surround yourself with naysayers. Life is too short to hang around negative, critical, cynical, skeptical, judgmental, small-minded, jealous people ... Did I leave out anything?
Joel Osteen
#80. 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.
Joel Osteen
#81. 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.
Joel Osteen
#82. Keep something in front of you Studies tell us that we move toward what we consistently see. You should keep something in front of you, even if it's symbolic, to remind you of what you are believing for.
Joel Osteen
#83. I DECLARE God's dream for my life is coming to pass. It will not be stopped by people, disappointments, or adversities. God has solutions to every problem I will ever face already lined up. The right people and the right breaks are in my future. I will fulfill my destiny. This is my declaration.
Joel Osteen
#84. God doesn't want us to merely sit around dreaming about things we can do and be. That's a good place to start, but a poor place to stop. God wants us to turn our dreams into action.
Victoria Osteen
#85. I feel like when I stay focused on encouraging people, and giving them hope, and helping them live their everyday life, I think that's where I can have the most impact.
Joel Osteen
#86. When you serve others, when you make somebody else's life better, when you lift up people, when you help heal those that are hurting, not only are they being blessed, but you're being blessed.
Joel Osteen
#87. 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.
Joel Osteen
#88. When you believe, it activates God's power.
Joel Osteen
#89. When you receive God's love and encouragement, it will empower you to do more than you ever thought possible.
Victoria Osteen
#90. Relationships are people's No. 1 priorities. They want to have good relationships, and a lot of times they don't.
Victoria Osteen
#91. You don't know why God has put that person in your path. It's not a coincidence. He's strategically lined up every person, every detail and every step of your life. Now do your part
don't miss an opportunity to do good for others.
Joel Osteen
#92. There is no better way to enjoy God's abundance than to share a meal together with people you love.
Victoria Osteen
#93. No matter how dark it looks, no matter how long it's been, no matter how many people are trying to push you down; if you will stay in faith, God will always take you from Friday to Sunday. He will always complete what He started in you!
Joel Osteen
#94. God's used me to help turn their life around or give them hope, you know? It's very rewarding
Joel Osteen
#95. It's our faith that activates the power of God.
Joel Osteen
#96. God's way is better than your way. His plan is bigger than your plan. His dream for your life is more rewarding, more fulfilling, better than you've ever dreamed of. Now stay open and let God do it His way.
Joel Osteen
#97. We deal with people that are going through divorces and that are facing life-threatening illnesses, and I'm giving them hope. And to me, I don't think there's anything "lite" about that.
Joel Osteen
#98. God's dream is that you have an abundance, that you be totally out of debt, pay your house off, pay your credit cards off, and have so much overflow that you can be a blessing to everyone around you!
Joel Osteen
#99. 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
#100. Oftentimes, people stay where they are in life simply because of fear. But do you know that fear isn't reality? It's only a thought in your mind.
Victoria Osteen
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