Joel Osteen quotes - page 10

I think faith is incredible important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it. (Joel Osteen)
A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do. View quote
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I feel like my message is to let people know that God is a good God, that He's on their side, and no matter what happens, He has a great plan for them. View quote
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I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I'm not here to preach hate or push people down. View quote
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I don't go down the road of condemning. View quote
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When I hear Mitt Romney say that he believes that Jesus is the Son of God, that He's the Christ, raised from the dead, that He's his savior - that's good enough for me. View quote
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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. View quote
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I want the services to look and sound like the Grammys. It's not showy, but we represent God, and it should be first class. View quote
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When you give up yourself, that's when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that's giving that's serving others and that's when you feel fulfilled. View quote
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I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that's not in me. I want to lift people up. View quote
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I just think that trusting God means we're going to have unanswered questions, and God is so much bigger than us, we're never going to understand them all. (Joel Osteen)
I like to take every day just searching my own heart, making sure that I'm on course, and I'm doing what God wants me to do. I'm real good with not looking to the critics and looking straight ahead. View quote
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I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society. And I think talking in everyday terms and making sure people can understand it - I think that's important. View quote
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Isn't it funny how babies laugh a lot? I read a toddler, a young child laughs 300 times a day. The average adult laughs, like, four times a day. God put it in them. He put the laugh in us, but I think sometimes we let life get us down, you know, have bad breaks, and we lose our breaks. View quote
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I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know. View quote
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Just because something didn't work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are. View quote
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I'm not trying to follow a set of rules and stuff. I'm just living my life. View quote
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Sometimes, I think if you get away from what you're called to do, it's more of a distraction. View quote
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I don't have all the answers. View quote
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I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just being who God made me to be. View quote
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You know, there is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don't know if I ever wanted to throw in the towel. (Joel Osteen)
I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it. View quote
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We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving. View quote
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A lot of preachers' kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that. View quote
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I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up. View quote
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