Joel Osteen quotes - page 6

When my dad founded our church, he used either a globe or a map of the world behind him. It was symbolic of what Christ said: to go forth and preach hope to the world. We believe in the cross, but we just continued with the globe. (Joel Osteen)
I really believed that fear is contagious. View quote
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It doesn't matter who likes you or doesn't like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you. View quote
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Yes, the Bible should be taught in our schools because it is necessary to understand the Bible if we are to truly understand our own culture and how it came to be. The Bible has influenced every part of western culture from our art, music, and history, to our sense of fairness, charity, and business. View quote
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I'm honest enough to say I don't know everything. You know, I don't. I don't understand all of God. I don't understand, you know, some kind of why bad things happen. View quote
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I'm not a big believer in trying to jam stuff down somebody's throat: 'You're going to do it my way.' I'd rather show by example and live my life and have people say, 'You know what, I want to live like Joel has. He's got peace and joy, and he seems content.' View quote
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On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home. View quote
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I've never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it. View quote
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There's pros and cons of a big church. Cons is I don't get to know everybody, I don't get to go to their ballgame, I don't get to marry everybody, but the pros are you get all this community, 800 ushers come in to serve, getting there at 7 in the morning on their day off and coming in on Saturday to make all those wafers. View quote
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A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do. View quote
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It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and I think all of them - all of the lawmakers - have hearts to do what's right, and they all are passionate about it. (Joel Osteen)
We live in a day that nobody's lived in before: where you can touch more people. The message I'll speak tonight and the message that I speak at home, people in India will hear. It's just an amazing day. View quote
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The ultimate connection is when you are connected to the creator of the universe. View quote
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I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope. Causing people to have better relationships. I'm not leading them to some false God or something like that. View quote
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A lot of churches have not moved with the times. View quote
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I don't want to just preach to the church. I feel like I have a broader message. View quote
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I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate, and I've got a lot of that in me as well. View quote
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I mean we all need a second chance sometimes. View quote
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I write all my sermons. View quote
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I believe the scripture says that being gay is a sin. View quote
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I don't believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college. (Joel Osteen)
My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places. View quote
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I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights. View quote
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Sometimes what works 40 years ago doesn't work today. View quote
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Whether a person is straight or gay, Republican, Democrat, good person, not a good person, they're all welcome, because to me, church is a place you're supposed to get healed and whole and loved. View quote
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