Famous Quotes

Quotes by Joel Osteen

• I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.
• I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.
• 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.
• I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope.
• 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.
• I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be.
• I have always believed in God.
• I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.
• 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.
• I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father.
• I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it.
• I think God's justice is making wrongs right.
• I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.
• I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.
• I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people.
• I'm not the judge. You know, God didn't tell me to go around judging everybody.
• I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society.
• I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just being who God made me to be.
• I've never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.
• It's amazing how people will give when you don't ask. Many of them send money because they believe in the message.
• It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.