Joel Osteen Quotes
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I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don't have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.
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You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.
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If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.
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Faith is easy; I think people complicate it.
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Sometimes what works 40 years ago doesn't work today.
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I just think that it's strong and it's important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it's about the birth of our Savior, and there's a lot of pressure today to be politically correct, but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe.
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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.
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I think how you start the day many times determines what kind of day you're going to have.
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I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books. It's been printed all over, so I don't feel like I am hiding anything.
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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.
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I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know.
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God always wants us to be growing.
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It's in the difficult times that we're growing and you can't just rebuke everything hard. We've got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.
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Every setback means you're one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.
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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.
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Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith.
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The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith.
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You are victors, not victims!
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A disagreement or incident involving someone who's not that important to you, like a guy who cut you off in traffic or a rude cashier, is something that should roll off your shoulders. Save the effort for resolving conflicts with the people you cherish.
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Well I think a lot of times we're putting things off and I'm going to do it later. I'm going to break this bad habit or I'm going to pursue this dream or I'm going to treat my spouse better.
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God puts people in our lives on purpose so we can help them succeed and help them become all He created them to be. Most people will not reach their full potential without somebody else believing in them.
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Just because something didn't work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.
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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.
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If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you're criticizing God.