Quotes by Joel Osteen

You can be committed to Church but not committed to Christ, but you cannot be committed to Christ and not committed to church.
– Joel Osteen
You may never get to that perfect world that you're waiting for where everything's going to be perfect and you got that much money and your house paid off.
– Joel Osteen
You may make some mistakes - but that doesn't make you a sinner. You've got the very nature of God on the inside of you.
– Joel Osteen
You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.
– Joel Osteen
You can be happy where you are.
– Joel Osteen
Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still out in front of you.
– Joel Osteen
When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.
– Joel Osteen
We were old sinners - but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore.
– Joel Osteen
To me, we're marketing hope.
– Joel Osteen
There's pros and cons of a big church. Cons is I don't get to know everybody, I don't get to go to their ballgame, I don't get to marry everybody, but the pros are you get all this community, 800 ushers come in to serve, getting there at 7 in the morning on their day off and coming in on Saturday to make all those wafers.
– Joel Osteen
The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends.
– Joel Osteen
Sometimes what works 40 years ago doesn't work today.
– Joel Osteen
Prospering just doesn't have to do with money.
– Joel Osteen
People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.
– Joel Osteen
People in tough times - it doesn't mean they don't have a great attitude.
– Joel Osteen
People define Christianity differently. I think a large portion of our population are Christians, they're not all growing in their faith, they're not all active, but I believe that a lot of people believe in Jesus and believe that he is their Lord and Savior.
– Joel Osteen
Only God can look at somebody's heart.
– Joel Osteen
On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.
– Joel Osteen
My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places.
– Joel Osteen
My message is that God is a good God.
– Joel Osteen
My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.
– Joel Osteen
My biggest hobby is hanging out with my family and kids.
– Joel Osteen
Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.
– Joel Osteen
Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith.
– Joel Osteen
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.
– Joel Osteen
It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.
– Joel Osteen
It's amazing how people will give when you don't ask. Many of them send money because they believe in the message.
– Joel Osteen
I've never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.
– Joel Osteen
I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just being who God made me to be.
– Joel Osteen
I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society.
– Joel Osteen
I'm not the judge. You know, God didn't tell me to go around judging everybody.
– Joel Osteen
I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people.
– Joel Osteen
I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.
– Joel Osteen
I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.
– Joel Osteen
I think God's justice is making wrongs right.
– Joel Osteen
I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it.
– Joel Osteen
I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father.
– Joel Osteen
I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate, and I've got a lot of that in me as well.
– Joel Osteen
I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.
– Joel Osteen
I have always believed in God.
– Joel Osteen
I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be.
– Joel Osteen
I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books.
– Joel Osteen
I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope.
– Joel Osteen
I don't believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.
– Joel Osteen
I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.
– Joel Osteen
I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.
– Joel Osteen
God's desire is that we excel.
– Joel Osteen
God wants to bless us where we are.
– Joel Osteen
God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.
– Joel Osteen
God didn't make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.
– Joel Osteen
Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.
– Joel Osteen
Do all you can to make your dreams come true.
– Joel Osteen
Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.
– Joel Osteen
A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.
– Joel Osteen