Joel Osteen Quotes

We Deal With People That Are Going Through Divorces And That Are Facing Life-threatening Illnesses, And I'm Giving Them Hope. And To Me, I Don't Think There's Anything "lite" About That.

I Try To Teach People That I Believe God Wants Us To Be Positive Toward Ourselves, Meaning That, You Know What, I Like The Way I Look, I Like The Way I Sound, I'm Happy With What I'm Doing In My Career - And Not Always Be Beating Ourselves Down.

I Like To Start My Day Off Every Morning, Take The First Half Hour And Just Search My Own Heart, See If I'm On The Right Course, Try To Be Honest With Myself - Am I Doing This For The Right Reasons?

I'm Not Beating People Over The Head, And I'm Saying That There Are Good Things In Store - You Can Make It In Life. Most Of The Stuff That I Minister [is] Not Real Complicated Deep Things.

I See People - They Won't Be Negative Toward Other People, But Inside They're Negative Toward Themselves, And I Think That Holds Us Back.

If Prosperity Means God Wants Us To Be Blessed And Healthy And Have Good Relationships Then Yes, I'm A Prosperity Teacher. But If It's About Money, No, I Never Preach About Money. I Probably Stay Away From It More Than Normal Because Televangelists Get A Bad Name. People Put Me In That Category Because I Do Believe That God Does Want Us To Be Happy, Healthy, And Whole.

I Think That Bible Principles Will Help Anybody.

Back In Bible Days, There Were These Famous Schools Of The Prophets, But Some Of The Ones Jesus Chose Didn't Come Through That Route - And Not To Say That They Weren't Good, But I'm Comfortable.

I'm Trying To Teach People How To Live Their Everyday Lives, And So I Do Focus On It, Probably Not As Much As Some People Would Like.

I Feel Like When I Stay Focused On Encouraging People, And Giving Them Hope, And Helping Them Live Their Everyday Life, I Think That's Where I Can Have The Most Impact.

There Are A Lot Of Decisions We Pass Up On Because We Think, "you Know What? That's Just Going To Build - You Know, Maybe That's Going To Build Me And Not Build The Ministry And What I'm Trying To Do." So We Pass Up On A Lot Of Opportunities.

I Think Sometimes You Just Lose Your Focus, And I Think That's Easy To Do When You Start Getting More Fame, More Money, More Power.