Quotes from Joel Osteen

There's probably a balance between. I believe you have to know Christ. But I think that if you know Christ, if you're a believer in God, you're going to have some good works.

There are people in your path just so you can be a blessing to them. Anytime you do good for others, you are sowing a seed for God to be good to you.

Don't use your words to describe the situation. Use your words to change the situation.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

People will try to label you not good enough, too slow, too old, too many mistakes. You can't stop negative comments or prevent negative labels, but you can choose to not let them hold you back.

A lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what the Bible said hundreds of years ago: a merry heart is good like a medicine.

When I hear Mitt Romney say that he believes that Jesus is the Son of God, that He's the Christ, raised from the dead, that He's his savior - that's good enough for me.

Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith.

You can take pride in yourself without comparing yourself to anybody else. If you run your race and be the best that you can be, then you can feel good about yourself.

It's in the difficult times that we're growing and you can't just rebuke everything hard. We've got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.

You know what? I'm not going to beat myself up. I did the best I can do, and so I'm going to believe that - I'm going to believe good things about myself.

A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.

I feel like my message is to let people know that God is a good God, that He's on their side, and no matter what happens, He has a great plan for them.

We're going to bring our core message of hope and how God is a good God who's on our side.

The Gospel is called the good news. My message is a message of hope, that's God's [message] for you.

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, 'Boy, those were great old days.' Well, you know, we're living in the good old days.

You don't have to have a great gift for God to use it in a great way.

People in tough times - it doesn't mean they don't have a great attitude.

You're not RESPONSIBLE for somebody else's happiness. You're responsible for your own HAPPINESS.

Satan knows, if you are against YOURSELF you will never fulfill your destiny. :(

Start calling yourself healed, happy, whole, blessed, and prosperous. Stop talking to God about how big your mountains are, and start talking to your mountains about how big your God is!

There will always be somebody more successful, more beautiful, more talented. You have to realize, you're not running their race. You're running your race.

When it's all said and done, you may go through the fire, through the flood, through the famine, but you'll come out standing strong.