Quotes from Joel Osteen

When someone is rude, keep a smile on your face. when you stay on the high road.

When things are difficult, smile by faith. Don't wait until you feel better.

Sometimes you have to smile by faith. If you'll smile by faith, soon the joy will follow.

(after listening to people gripe and complain just smile and remember) Crows can't hang with eagles.

When you smile and project an aura of warmth, kindness, and friendliness, you will attract warms, kindness, and friendliness. Happy people will be drawn to you.

Smiling resets your mood.

We live in a society that likes to kick people when they're down. Don't be a fair-weather friend. Stick with people. They need you more in the tough times than they do in the good times.

When you allow what someone says or does to upset you, you're allowing them to control you.

You can live your life angry, bitter, mad at somebody or even guilty, not letting go of your own mistakes, but you won't receive the good things God has in store.

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.

Your destiny is too great, your assignment too important, your time too valuable. Don't let fear intimidate you.

Your future starts today. Don't go through life looking in the rearview mirror. Your life is filled with possibility.

When you center life around yourself, not only do you miss out on God's best, but you rob other people of the joy and blessings that God wants to give them through you.

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.

When you get knocked down, don't stay down; get back up again. Nothing good is going to happen as long as you're down on yourself.

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.

Quit worrying about people that are trying to hold you back. God knows how to move the wrong people out of your life and bring the right people in. He knows how to prepare you to Break Out.

We're not always going to understand why something happens.True faith is trusting even when it doesn't make sense

Dare to believe SOMETHING AMAZING is going to happen in your life. When you believe, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.

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.

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.

To be happy in life... You've got to train your mind to see the good, to be grateful for what you have.

Don't just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win; you were born for greatness; you were created to be a champion in life.

When you are grateful, that allows God to do great things in your life.