Quotes from Joel Osteen

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.

When you reach out to hurting people, that's when God is going to make sure your needs are supplied. When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

God works where there's an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.

If you will focus on meeting other people's needs, God will always make sure your needs are supplied. God will take care of your problems for you.

I'm not leading them to some false God or something like that.

I want the services to look and sound like the Grammys. It's not showy, but we represent God, and it should be first class.

That's my thing - keep filled with faith. Keep doing what you can do and I believe God will do what you can't do.

I think God gives every one of us our own will, and unfortunately, some people choose to do evil things with it.

If we will do our part and take a strong stand for our families, God will do His part. He'll help us to have great marriages and great relationships with our parents and children.

I have always believed in God.

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.

I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society. And I think talking in everyday terms and making sure people can understand it - I think that's important.

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.

I just think that trusting God means we're going to have unanswered questions, and God is so much bigger than us, we're never going to understand them all.

I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope. Causing people to have better relationships. I'm not leading them to some false God or something like that.

When you believe, it activates God's power.

When we focus on or disappointments , we stop God from ringing fresh new blessing into our lives.

Don't be intimidated by the size of your problem or the size of your dream. God will see to it that it is finished completely.

I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it.

I think we use God's word. I think the principles that you hear Dr. Phil and some of those others talk about many times are right out of the Bible.

I try to look on all the great things God's done, and not focus on the negative. It's a perspective.

I'm trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He's for them and has a purpose.

You're never going to please everyone - you might as well be who God made you to be.

I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don't have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.