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66 Inspiring Joel Osteen Quotes
Joel Osteen is an internationally recognized pastor, author and influential thought leader. Every week, his words inspires millions of people with hope and faith for the future. Hailing from Houston Texas, he is in charge of one of the largest churches in the world and houses tens of thousands every Sunday.
Here are 66 of Joel Osteen’s most powerful quotes:
1. “When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.” – Joel Osteen
2. “I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you’re grateful, you’ll see God open up new doors.” – Joel Osteen
3. “Don’t go into the new year holding a grudge from last year. Leave the hurts and disappointments behind.” – Joel Osteen
4. “You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors… What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you’d come to closed door number eight and you’d think, ‘Great, I got another one out of the way’… Keep moving forward.” – Joel Osteen
5. “Life’s too short to spend it trying to keep others happy. You can’t please everyone. To fulfill your destiny, stay true to your heart.” – Joel Osteen
6. “Faith activates God – Fear activates the Enemy.” – Joel Osteen
7. “Nothing in life has happened to you. It’s happened for you. Every disappointment. Every wrong. Even every closed door has helped make you into who you are.” – Joel Osteen
8. “God would not have put a dream in your heart if He had not already given you everything you need to fulfill it.” – Joel Osteen
9. “All of us can look back and see things that should have defeated us. You’re still standing.” – Joel Osteen
10. “If you have your health, if you have people in your life to love, you are blessed. Slow down and enjoy the simple things in life.” – Joel Osteen
11. “Start believing today that things are going to change for the better. Your best days are still out in front of you.” – Joel Osteen
12. “You are strong, blessed, healthy, redeemed.” – Joel Osteen
13. “See, when you drive home today, you’ve got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you’ve got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what’s happened in your past is not near as important as what’s in your future.” – Joel Osteen
14. “The more you talk about negative things in your life, the more you call them in. Speak victory not defeat.” – Joel Osteen
15. “You’ve been armed with strength for every battle. The forces that are for you are greater than forces against you.” – Joel Osteen
16. “You cannot hang out with negative people and expect to live a positive life.” – Joel Osteen
17. “Stones of judgment, discouragement or doubt may be thrown at you. You can’t stop them, but you can make the choice to keep your walls up and not let them affect you.” – Joel Osteen
18. “Too often we get frustrated by difficulties. But you have to realize, you can’t have a harvest without a few weeds.” – Joel Osteen
19. “No one can offend you without your permission. They can say whatever they want, but you have the right to ignore it.” – Joel Osteen
20. “You can’t have a blessed day thinking about who offended you and what didn’t work out. Think on the positive things.” – Joel Osteen
21. “It takes determination to see a dream come to pass. The question is not will you start, but will you finish.” – Joel Osteen
22. “Time spent worrying drains your energy – it makes you weaker. You were created to live a peace-filled life.” – Joel Osteen
23. “Don’t get upset when there’s a detour on the way to your destiny. Keep a good attitude and it will all work out.” – Joel Osteen
24. “If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.” – Joel Osteen
25. “It may look like the difficulty is going to defeat you. But you need to keep telling yourself, “This sickness can’t take my life.” “This cancer can’t defeat me.” “No bad break, no disappointment, no accident can shorten one second of my divine destiny.” – Joel Osteen
26. “Don’t live worried, frustrated or upset because of what somebody did or what didn’t work out. Come back to a place of peace. It’s not going to work against you; it’s going to work for you.” – Joel Osteen
27. “Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you’re doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.” – Joel Osteen
28. “You can change your world by changing your words… Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.” – Joel Osteen
29. “When you go through enough dark places, you don’t complain about little things. You don’t lose your joy because you got stuck in traffic; you don’t get offended because a coworker was rude to you. You’ve been through too much to let that sour you.” – Joel Osteen
30. “No matter what’s happening, choose to be happy. Don’t focus on what’s wrong. Find something positive in your life. Thank God for the small things.” – Joel Osteen
31. “Don’t waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.” – Joel Osteen
32. “Make the decision and say, “I’m not letting that worry in. I’m done being upset when my plans don’t work out. I’m not letting that stress in.” Negative thoughts will still come to your mind, but you don’t have to let them into your spirit.” – Joel Osteen
33. “God will always bring the right people into your life, but you have to let the wrong people walk away.” – Joel Osteen
34. “Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?” – Joel Osteen
35. “There is a winner in you. You were created to be successful, to accomplish your goals, to leave your mark on this generation. You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out.” – Joel Osteen
36. “Don’t make excuses, don’t blame the past. The rest of your life can be the best of your life!” – Joel Osteen
37. “Successful people don’t waste their time looking at what others are doing, they’re too busy focusing on their own goals.” – Joel Osteen
38. “It’s easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it’s easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.” – Joel Osteen
39. “Time is more valuable than money. We can make more money but we can’t make more time. Use your time wisely.” – Joel Osteen
40. “There may be times when you just have to love people from a distance.” – Joel Osteen
41. “You’re not really free until you’re free from trying to please everybody.” – Joel Osteen
42. “Don’t settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That’s your location, it’s not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.” – Joel Osteen
43. “Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be better off than before.” – Joel Osteen
44. “Keep in mind that you’ll have true happiness, true fulfillment, not living to get but living to give.” – Joel Osteen
45. “Pass the test of being grateful for the small things and big things will be released in your life.” – Joel Osteen
46. “No matter how dark and gloomy it looks in your life right now, if you’ll release the weight of those burdens, you will see the sun break forth.” – Joel Osteen
47. “You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.” – Joel Osteen
48. “Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved issues inside. They have some major problems, anger, resentment, or some heartache they are trying to cope with or overcome. The last thing they need is for you to make matters worse by responding angrily.” – Joel Osteen
49. “While waiting for things to change, don’t be discontent with where you are. Learn to enjoy the season that you’re in.” – Joel Osteen
50. “See every adversity, every disappointment in a new light: it’s not there to defeat you; it’s there to make you better.” – Joel Osteen
51. “When the negative thoughts come – and they will; they come to all of us – it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.” – Joel Osteen
52. “If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.” – Joel Osteen
53. “Friend, there’s no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.” – Joel Osteen
54. “Do all you can to make your dreams come true.” – Joel Osteen
55. “I wouldn’t ever say if you’re having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.” – Joel Osteen
56. “Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out. Live one day at a time; better yet, make the most of this moment. It’s good to have a big – picture outlook, to set goals, to establish budgets and make plans, but if you’re always living in the future, you’re never really enjoying the present in the way God wants you to.” – Joel Osteen
57. “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.” – Joel Osteen
58. “You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.” – Joel Osteen
59. “Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.” – Joel Osteen
60. “You will never change what you tolerate.” – Joel Osteen
61. “If we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.” – Joel Osteen
62. “We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside.” – Joel Osteen
63. “The question is not, ‘Do you have a problem?’ The question is, ‘Does the problem have you?’” – Joel Osteen
64. “Don’t just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win; you were born for greatness; you were created to be a champion in life.” – Joel Osteen
65. “Keep in mind, just because you don’t know the answer doesn’t mean that one does not exist. You simply haven’t discovered it yet.” – Joel Osteen
66. “In difficult times, we’re not supposed to quit believing; we’re not supposed to quit growing.” – Joel Osteen