Quotes from Joel Osteen

Don't sit around depressed and discouraged. Get a new vision for your life.

If I prophesy my future I want to prophesy something good. I'm not saying what I feel. I'm not saying what it looks like in the real world. No, I'm saying what God says about me.

God, this is for me today. I'm raising my expectations. I'm shaking off doubt, negativity, disappointments, self-pity, little dreams, and little goals, and God, I will make room for a flood of Your goodness.

Your faith will help you overcome your obstacles.

Every time you resist temptation you are winning for your children.

God's way is better than your way. His plan is bigger than your plan. His dream for your life is more rewarding, more fulfilling, better than you've ever dreamed of. Now stay open and let God do it His way.

Do not swallow anything Satan is trying to ram down your throat. Jesus comes first.

the people who are trying to make you look bad, and He can use them to promote you. In

You can't be in neutral and hope to reach your full potential

Whatever your critics say about you has no bearing on your worth. You are a child of the Most High God. The Creator of the universe breathed life into you. You have seeds of greatness on the inside. You've been crowned with favor. God has already equipped and empowered you with everything you need. Don't waste your valuable time trying to play up to people, trying to win over all your critics, or trying to prove to someone that you're important.

a greater way. Take a few minutes every day to dream big dreams; close your eyes, and envision your dreams coming to pass. Envision yourself out of debt. Envision yourself breaking that addiction. Envision your marriage being more fulfilled. Envision yourself rising to new levels in your career. If you can establish that picture in your heart and mind, then God can begin to bring it to pass in your life.

Where you're going, there will be opposition: critics and people that try to pull you down. The good news is no weapon formed against you will prosper. They can't stop you.

Successful people are so focused on their own goals that they don't have time to look around to see what everybody else is doing." Run your race, and when somebody passes you by, don't be intimidated. Be inspired. If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

The Secret "Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.

A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps. PROVERBS 16:9 NKJV

don't talk about the way you are. Talk about the way you want to be.

Rain falls on the just and the unjust." No one is exempt from difficulties.

If you're going to be an eagle, if you're going to soar, you can't go back to the dead things in your life that will poison you. Too many people are feeding off what didn't work out, reliving the disappointments, the failures, the bad breaks.

God is directing every one of your steps.

You can't stop the offense from coming, but you can keep it from getting down in you. How much time are you spending offended, bitter, holding on to a grudge? How much more could you accomplish if you would start letting things go?

God can take what was meant for my harm and turn it around and use it to my advantage.

Consider this: you are today what you believed about yourself yesterday. And you will be tomorrow what you believe about yourself right now.

Whatever you're facing, it is under your feet. It is not permanent. It's temporary. The power that is for you is greater than any power that comes against you. Keep the right perspective. You and God are a majority. You are armed and dangerous. The problem may have formed, but it is not going to prosper.

It's vital that you accept yourself and learn to be happy with who God made you to be. If you want to truly enjoy your life, you must be at peace with yourself.