Quotes from 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.

I think how you start the day many times determines what kind of day you're going to have.

I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There's the teaching that we're supposed to be poor to show that we're humble. I don't buy that. I think we're supposed to be leaders. We're supposed to excel.

You were created to make somebody else's life better. Somebody needs your smile. They need your love, your encouragement & your gifts.

When someone is rude, keep a smile on your face. when you stay on the high road.

When things are difficult, smile by faith. Don't wait until you feel better.

Sometimes you have to smile by faith. If you'll smile by faith, soon the joy will follow.

(After listening to people gripe and complain just smile and remember) Crows can't hang with eagles.

When you smile and project an aura of warmth, kindness, and friendliness, you will attract warms, kindness, and friendliness. Happy people will be drawn to you.

Smiling resets your mood.

We live in a society that likes to kick people when they're down. Don't be a fair-weather friend. Stick with people. They need you more in the tough times than they do in the good times.

When you allow what someone says or does to upset you, you're allowing them to control you.