Top 779 Quotes & Sayings by Joel Osteen - Page 5

Associate with people of vision. Be around those who inspire you and motivate you to reach your dreams.

It's better to become who God created you to be than to try to promote yourself to become something you're not.

Stay focused, ignore the distractions, and you will accomplish your goals much faster.

I DECLARE I am special and extraordinary. I am not average! I have been custom-made. I am one of a kind. Of all the things God created, what He is the most proud of is me. I am His masterpiece, his most prized possession. I will keep my head held high, knowing I am a child of the most high God, made in his very image. This is my declaration.

When you acknowledge God, He will go before you and make the crooked places straight.

Where you are now is not where you will always be. There are brighter days up ahead.

If you think your obstacles are too big, they will be. Don’t set limits on your life with your thinking.

Look for ways to be a blessing. Simple words of encouragement can brighten somebody’s day.

Be careful with whom you associate, especially when you feel emotionally vulnerable, because negative people can steal the dream right out of your heart.

Just because we're in a STRESSFUL situation doesn't mean that we have to get stressed out. You may be in the storm. The key is, don't let the storm get in YOU.

Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.

You may have had unfair things happen to you, but the depth of your pain is an indication of the height of your future.

You can't talk defeat and expect to have victory. You can't talk lack and expect to have abundance. You've got to send your words out in the direction you want your life to go.

We're not always going to understand why something happens.True faith is trusting even when it doesn't make sense

You can have average talent, but when God breathes on your life, you will go further than people that have great talent. Don't talk yourself out of it.

Your future starts today. Don’t go through life looking in the rearview mirror. Your life is filled with possibility.

Nothing in life has happened to you. It's happened for you. Every disappointment. Every wrong. Even every closed door has helped make you into who you are.

To be happy in life... You've got to train your mind to see the good, to be grateful for what you have.

Don’t talk about the way you are. Talk about the way you want to be.

There is a winner in you. You were created to be successful, to accomplish your goals, to leave your mark on this generation. You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out.

If youre alive and breathing, you can still become everything God has created you to be.

People can call you many different things, but you are not what people call you. You are what you answer to.

Men, learn to speak blessings over your wife and you will see that woman rise to a new level. She will respond to your praise and encouragement. Your words don't have to be poetic, fancy, or profound. Tell her simply but sincerely, "You're a great mother to our children. And you are a great wife to me. I'm so glad I can always count on you."

God has already lined up the right people for you, people that will inspire you, challenge you and motivate you. If you’ll let go of the wrong people, then the right people will show up.

It may look impossible, but God can do the impossible. Just because you don’t see anything happening doesn’t mean God is not working

The only difference between black coal and a precious diamond is the amount of pressure it endured.

To reach up for the new, you must let go of the old. What lies behind you is not nearly as important as what lies in front of you.

Start calling yourself healed, happy, whole, blessed, and prosperous. Stop talking to God about how big your mountains are, and start talking to your mountains about how big your God is!

True love turns words and feelings into actions.

Keep believing. You may be tired, discouraged, but don't give up on your future.

Replace those thoughts of worry with thoughts of hope, faith, and victory.

Change the way you speak about yourself and you can change your life.

If you feel "stuck" today, you may want to examine what you're holding on to. Be willing let go of past disappointments by choosing forgiveness. Who hurt you? Who wronged you? Release it to God. Do you need to forgive yourself? Do you need to receive God's forgiveness? Let go of the past so you can overcome disappointments and experience the bright future God has in store for you! There is freedom in forgetting!

You can become all God created you to be even if you've had difficulties, even if you weren't born into a good, loving family, God still has a plan for your life.

Psalm 34 says, 'Those who trust in the Lord will never lack any good thing.' This means if you don't have it right now, you don't need it right now. Our attitude should be, 'I'm equipped, empowered and anointed for this moment. I am not lacking, shortchanged or inadequate. I have what I need for today.'

Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out. Live one day at a time; better yet, make the most of this moment. It’s good to have a big – picture outlook, to set goals, to establish budgets and make plans, but if you’re always living in the future, you’re never really enjoying the present in the way God wants you to.

If you truly want to become a better you, it is imperative that you learn to feel good about yourself.

Stop living worried & discouraged. You have a Protector, Deliverer & Dream-Giver. No weapon formed against you can prosper.

No matter how long it's been, no matter how impossible it looks, if you'll stay in faith, your time is coming.

You don't have to live up to anyone's expectations, just be the best you can be

You don't have to fight every battle. You don't have to respond to every critic. You don't have to be offended because of what others say. You can rise above these things and soar.

When you face adversity, you need to remind yourself that whatever is trying to defeat you could very well be what God will use to promote you.

The facts may tell you one thing. But, God is not limited by the facts. Choose faith in spite of the facts.

There's power when you call on God, you ask Him, and you invite Him into your life. God will be in your life as much as you allow Him to.

What others say and do cannot stop you from fulfilling your destiny. Your destiny was handed down by Almighty God.

You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were created to be victorious.

Your life will follow your expectations. What you expect is what you will get. If you dwell on positive thoughts, you will move in that direction; if you continually think negative thoughts, you will live a negative life.

No matter what comes your way, don't lose your joy.

Quit worrying about what other people think and just be who God made you to be. If you will run your race, God will take care of your critics.

Your destiny is too great, your assignment too important, your time too valuable. Don't let fear intimidate you.

If you'll spend time praying for people instead of talking about them, you'll get better results.

Your enemies, your critics, the people that are trying to push you down-God can use them to push you up.

Sometimes you have to smile by faith. If you'll smile by faith, soon the joy will follow.

Choose today to let the peace of Christ rule in your heart and have an attitude of gratitude toward the Lord. Even if you have things that are upsetting you, take a step of faith and begin to thank God for His goodness in your life. Thank Him for working behind the scenes on your behalf. As you do, you will walk forward into the life of blessing He has in store for you!

No matter how dark and gloomy it looks in your life right now, if you'll release the weight of those burdens, you will see the sun break forth.

Start announcing freedom from anything that’s holding you back. Freedom from addictions, freedom from loneliness, freedom from lack, freedom from struggle. You are prophesying your future. Your words are setting the direction for your life.

Life is going by. Don't waste a minute being negative, offended, or bitter. Choose to be happy.

Winning is in your DNA. The most high God breathed His life into you. You've got what it takes. This is your time. This is your moment. Shake off doubts, shake off fear and insecurity, and get ready for favor, get ready for increase, get ready for the fullness of your destiny. You can, you will!!

You may be at a crossroads in your life. You may have issues to deal with; people you need to forgive. You can go one of the two ways. You can ignore what you now know to be true and keep burying that bitterness in your life, pushing it deeper and allowing it to poison and contaminate you and those around you. Or you can make a much better choice by getting it out in the open and asking God to help you to totally forgive and let it all go.

You need to get ready because I have explosive blessings coming your way.