Quotes from Joel Osteen

Are you going to let the circumstances, what people say, what hasn't worked out, convince you to settle where you are & give up on what you're believing for? Get your passion back. God didn't create you to live constantly struggling. That's not your destiny; that's temporary.

have seeds of greatness inside you. Doors are going to open that no man can shut.

There's something God has given you, and that slingshot may seem ordinary, but when God breathes on it, you'll defeat a giant twice your size, you'll be promoted beyond your talent, you'll go places where you didn't have the experience. You weren't next in line, but suddenly the door opened, suddenly the Compaq Center is yours, suddenly people are celebrating you.

There is nothing ordinary about you.

God's ways are not our ways. He's working when we can't see it. Sometimes it's taking longer because He has something better in store. One of the best things I've learned is to trust God's timing and trust His ways.

Keep something in front of you Studies tell us that we move toward what we consistently see. You should keep something in front of you, even if it's symbolic, to remind you of what you are believing for.

Words are like seeds. When you speak something out, you give life to what you're saying.

When God created you, He put in you everything you need to fulfill your destiny. Now quit telling yourself what you can't do and how it's not going to work out. All that's doing is draining your strength.

Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. Proverbs 4:23 AMPC

If you can see it, then I can do it. If you have a vision for it, then I can make a way. I can open up new doors. I can bring the right people. I can give you the finances. I can break the chains holding you back.

He's given you gifts, creativity, and dreams. He created you to leave your mark on this generation. You're not supposed to live and die and nobody knew you were here. There is something significant about you, something that will cause you to stand out to the point where, years from now, people will look back and say, "You made the world a better place.

There is something shut up in you, something big that's about to be released—dreams, books, movies, inventions, businesses, ministries, potential that you haven't tapped into, gifts and talents that you hadn't known were there. You haven't seen them yet because it hasn't been the right time, but your season is coming. The good break, the promotion, the opportunity—it's on the way.