Quotes from Joel Osteen

Too often we don't realize how great we have it until something is taken away.

You were created to give. You were created to make the lives of others better. Someone needs what you have. Someone needs your love. Someone needs your smile. Someone needs your encouragement and your gifts.

When negative thoughts come, the key is to never verbalize them.

One touch of His (God's) favor can put you fifty years ahead of where you thought you'd be.

God, You said Your favor is not for a season but for a lifetime.

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.

God is fighting your battles. When you're at rest, God will make your enemies your footstool.

Don't waste your time trying to win people over that can never be won over.

God, I'm ready. I'm taking the limits off of You. I'm enlarging my vision. I may not see a way but I know You have a way. I declare I'm coming into a shift.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life" (Prov. 4:23 KJV).

You need to be around people who know more than you and have more talent than you. Don't be intimidated by them; be inspired.

We walk by faith and not by sight.

The dream in your heart may be bigger than the environment in which you find yourself. Sometimes you have to get out of that environment in order to see that dream fulfilled.

No weapon formed against you will prosper.

All the forces of darkness cannot keep you from your destiny. When

I know God is my vindicator.

the God of More Than Enough.

Beauty is in being who God made you to be with confidence.

Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you'll get to where God wants you to be.

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.

You may have made a lot of wrong choices, but you've also made a lot of choices that were right. Focus on your good qualities. Focus on your victories. Get off the treadmill of guilt.

I love the fact that Jesus broke the rules to reach people. He went against protocol, against what was accepted, to lift the fallen, to heal the hurting, to restore the broken.

Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone needs to be appreciated. Every person needs that blessing.

The stress and worry weaken our immune system