Quotes from Joel Osteen

Popularity is about wanting people to like you, but happiness is about liking yourself.

You are a child of the Most High God. You have royal blood flowing through your veins. God has crowned you with His favor.

I'm not moved by what's not working out, by how long it's been, by what hasn't improved. I know what God has started in my life, He will finish. I know what He promised me will come to pass.

Quit complaining about what you're going through, about how unfair it is, about who did you wrong. It may be uncomfortable, you may not like it, but it's working for your good.

Just as there are seasons of growth, there are seasons of pruning. Without pruning, we won't become all we are created to be. God won't let you go through a cutback if it's not going to eventually work for your good.

God, this is a dark place. I may not see it now, but I believe it's working for me. I'm getting stronger. I'm developing patience and perseverance and learning to trust You.

The God of Abundance. Psalm

Where is the love that will overlook a person's faults?

Most of us are not going to play sports for a living. One in one million kids will play professional basketball. I don't mean to depress you, but if you're white it's one in five million!

Next level thinking says you're not a finished product. God is still working on you. The Scripture speaks of how God changes us from glory to glory. You have to learn to enjoy the glory you're in right now.

God has ways to increase you beyond your normal income

before long you're going to be filled with faith. But you cannot soar with the eagles as long as you're pecking around with the chickens.

Don't let negative pictures play on the movie screen of your mind. You are the director and the audience. You are in charge. Take the remote control. Change the channel. If you let your imagination run wild, let it run wild in a positive direction.

YO DECLARO que Dios está alineando todas las cosas para mi bien. Él tiene un plan maestro para mi vida. Puede que haya cosas que yo no entienda ahora mismo, pero no estoy preocupado. Sé que todas las piezas no están ahí todavía, pero un día todo se juntará y tendrá sentido. Veré el plan maravilloso de Dios llevándome a sitios que nunca me imaginé. Esta es mi declaración.

You are closest to your victory when you face the greatest opposition.

God takes pleasure in prospering me.

They're a part of His divine plan. Think of a seed. As long as a seed remains in the light, it cannot germinate and will never become what it was created to be. The seed must be planted in the soil, in a dark place, so that the potential on the inside will come to life. In the same way, there are seeds of greatness in us—dreams, goals, talents, potential—that will only come to life in a dark place.

Don't dwell on how big your mountains are, but instead remember how big your God is!

You've got to listen to what God's telling you and not to what other people may tell you. People will try to talk you out of the dream in your heart.

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.

Are you writing off someone because they don't believe, they're not making good decisions, they're against what you stand for? Start sowing seeds of love, showing mercy instead of judgment.

As long as you're down on yourself, feeling as though you don't measure up and can't get it right, that's not only going to keep you from enjoying your life, it's going to keep you from improving.

When you see how God restores you, how He pays you back for what was unfair, how He brings you out better, your mourning is going to be turned to dancing, your sorrow turned to joy, that weeping turned to laughter.

God sees everything. He's keeping the records. The Scripture says, "What you do in secret, God will reward in the open." Don't worry if you're not getting credit. Don't get discouraged if people don't thank you. God sees your sacrifice.