Quotes from Joel Osteen

Every day is a gift from God. There's no guarantee of tomorrow, so that tells me to see the good in this day to make the most of it.

Strive to make every person feel special. After all, every person you meet is made in the image of God.

I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.

When we don't forgive, we're not hurting the other person. We're not hurting the company that did us wrong. We're not hurting God. We're only hurting ourselves.

If you can be a blessing to somebody else, you're sowing a seed for God to help you.

God's desire is that we excel.

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.

I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books.

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.

I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just being who God made me to be.

Check your spiritual birth certificate, you were made in the mighty image of God.

I'm honest enough to say I don't know everything. You know, I don't. I don't understand all of God. I don't understand, you know, some kind of why bad things happen.

Your idea may not be exactly God's idea, but I can promise you this: God's way will be better than your way.

Program your mind with what God says about you and a transformation will take place.

When you go through difficult times...recognize that God is refining you, knocking off some of your rough edges.

I just wanted to get the message that God had put into my heart into another form, because I knew the print media would reach a different group of people.

God wants to increase you financially, by giving you promotions, fresh ideas and creativity

God can make greatness out of a great mess

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.

But I want to motivate. I wanna motivate every person to leave here to be a better father, a better husband, to break addictions to come up higher in their walk with the Lord.

I just think that only God will judge a person's heart.

I think God's justice is making wrongs right.

I will not talk to God about how big my problems are. I will talk to my problems about how big my God is. This is my declaration.

Today, decide not to speak negatively about yourself. When you criticize yourself, you are criticizing God's very own creation.