Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you’re supposed to be. – Joel Osteen
If Jesus were here today, he wouldn’t be riding around on a donkey. He’d be taking a plane, he’d be using the media. – Joel Osteen
Sometimes we look at gay being a bigger sin than being proud or not telling the truth. I don’t think God categorizes sins. – Joel Osteen
It’s flattering to people who stop you and say that you’ve helped them and all. But, again, you know, you’ve got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down. – Joel Osteen
I believe that God’s dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don’t mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you’re planted. But I don’t have the mindset that money is a bad thing. – Joel Osteen
Most people already know what they’re doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change. – Joel Osteen
I think God gives every one of us our own will, and unfortunately, some people choose to do evil things with it. – Joel Osteen
I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical. – Joel Osteen
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
See, when you drive home today, you’ve got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you’ve got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what’s happened in your past is not near as important as what’s in your future. – Joel Osteen
You may never get to that perfect world that you’re waiting for where everything’s going to be perfect and you got that much money and your house paid off. – Joel Osteen
I always try to put a seed of hope into people’s hearts. I’m not there to teach them doctrine necessarily, but to let them know that God is a good God, and has a plan for their lives. Hopefully, that will restore their faith, or draw them into faith. – Joel Osteen
I’ve never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it. – Joel Osteen
If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you’re criticizing God. – Joel Osteen
Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‘Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.’ – Joel Osteen
We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you. – Joel Osteen
Don’t grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it. – Joel Osteen
See, people are watching you. Especially your children. They’re taking in every single thing you do. They are like video cameras with legs. And they are always in the record mode. They learn more from what you do than from what you say. – Joel Osteen
