Quotes from Joel Osteen

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.

When you are grateful, that allows God to do great things in your life.

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.

If you think your obstacles are too big, they will be. Don't set limits on your life with your thinking.

Don't make excuses, don't blame the past. The rest of your life can be the best of your life!

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.

God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings where you suddenly meet the right person, or suddenly your health improves, or suddenly you're able to pay off your house. That's God shifting things in your favor.

You can be happy where you are.

For a while... to be an evangelical meant you were a white Republican, and you were against this and against that. I don't want to be put into that mold, because then people judge you before they even listen... I don't want to divide the very people I am trying to reach.

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. It's been printed all over, so I don't feel like I am hiding anything.

The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.

Sometimes, I think if you get away from what you're called to do, it's more of a distraction.