50 Inspirational Joel Osteen Quotes

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If you aren’t familiar with Joel Osteen and his quotes, you are in for a treat today.

Joel Osteen is the lead pastor at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas.

Many refer to him as a prosperity preacher, as his sermons are about how to become a better you and live life to the fullest.

Below you will find 50 truly inspirational Joel Osteen quotes that you can use to lift you up.

You can even use them as daily declarations to put you in the right frame of mind for the day.

50 Inspirational Joel Osteen Quotes

Joel Osteen On Hope

Joel Osteen Quotes

#1. “Keep in mind, just because you don’t know the answer doesn’t mean that one does not exist. You simply haven’t discovered it yet.” – Joel Osteen

#2. “Life’s too short to spend it trying to keep others happy. You can’t please everyone. To fulfill your destiny, stay true to your heart.” – Joel Osteen

#3. “It may look like the difficulty is going to defeat you. But you need to keep telling yourself, ‘This sickness can’t take my life. This cancer can’t defeat me. No bad break, no disappointment, no accident can shorten one second of my divine destiny.'” – Joel Osteen


#4. “Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be better off than before.” – Joel Osteen


#5. “Start believing today that things are going to change for the better. Your best days are still out in front of you.” – Joel Osteen

#6. “It’s easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it’s easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.” – Joel Osteen

If one dream dies, dream another dream.

#7. “If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.” – Joel Osteen

#8. “You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won’t happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.'” – Joel Osteen

#9. “Too often we get frustrated by difficulties. But you have to realize, you can’t have a harvest without a few weeds.” – Joel Osteen

#10. “You’ve been armed with strength for every battle. The forces that are for you are greater than forces against you.” – Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen On Life

#11. “It takes determination to see a dream come to pass. The question is not will you start, but will you finish.” – Joel Osteen

#12. “Don’t make excuses, don’t blame the past. The rest of your life can be the best of your life!” – Joel Osteen

#13. “You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors. What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you’d come to closed door number 8 and you’d think, ‘Great, I got another one out of the way’. Keep moving forward.” – Joel Osteen

Don’t just accept whatever comes your way in life.

#14. “Don’t just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win. You were born for greatness. You were created to be a champion in life.” – Joel Osteen

#15. “Don’t get upset when there’s a detour on the way to your destiny. Keep a good attitude and it will all work out.” – Joel Osteen

#16. “You can change your world by changing your words. Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.” – Joel Osteen

#17. “If you have your health, if you have people in your life to love, you are blessed. Slow down and enjoy the simple things in life.” – Joel Osteen


#18. “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.” – Joel Osteen


#19. “We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside.” – Joel Osteen

#20. “You’re not really free until you’re free from trying to please everybody.” – Joel Osteen

#21. “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.” – Joel Osteen

#22. “Don’t waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.” – Joel Osteen

Do all you can to make your dreams come true.

#23. “Do all you can to make your dreams come true.” – Joel Osteen

#24. “Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you’re doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.” – Joel Osteen

#25. “You will never change what you tolerate.” – Joel Osteen

#26. “Friend, there’s no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.” – Joel Osteen


#27. “In difficult times, we’re not supposed to quit believing. We’re not supposed to quit growing.” – Joel Osteen


#28. “No one can offend you without your permission. They can say whatever they want, but you have the right to ignore it.” – Joel Osteen

There is a winner in you.

#29. “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.” – Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen On Positive Thinking

#30. “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.” – Joel Osteen

#31. “Don’t go into the new year holding a grudge from last year. Leave the hurts and disappointments behind.” – Joel Osteen

#32. “No matter what’s happening, choose to be happy. Don’t focus on what’s wrong. Find something positive in your life. Thank God for the small things.” – Joel Osteen


#33. “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 rear view mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rear view 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


#34. “You cannot hang out with negative people and expect to live a positive life.” – Joel Osteen

#35. “The more you talk about negative things in your life, the more you call them in. Speak victory not defeat.” – Joel Osteen

#36. “The question is not, ‘Do you have a problem?’ The question is, ‘Does the problem have you?'” – Joel Osteen

#37. “Make the decision and say, ‘I’m not letting that worry in. I’m done being upset when my plans don’t work out. I’m not letting that stress in.’ Negative thoughts will still come to your mind, but you don’t have to let them into your spirit.” – Joel Osteen

Don’t settle in the land of barely enough.

#38. “Don’t settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That’s your location, it’s not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.” – Joel Osteen

#39. “When the negative thoughts come, and they will, they come to all of us. It’s not enough to just not dwell on it. You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.” – Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen On Faith

#40. “God will always bring the right people into your life, but you have to let the wrong people walk away.” – Joel Osteen

#41. “God would not have put a dream in your heart if He had not already given you everything you need to fulfill it.” – Joel Osteen

#42. “If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe. You must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.” – Joel Osteen


#43. “Don’t live worried, frustrated or upset because of what somebody did or what didn’t work out. Come back to a place of peace. It’s not going to work against you, it’s going to work for you.” – Joel Osteen


#44. “Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.” – Joel Osteen

#45. “Stones of judgment, discouragement or doubt may be thrown at you. You can’t stop them, but you can make the choice to keep your walls up and not let them affect you.” – Joel Osteen

#46. “I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you’re grateful, you’ll see God open up new doors.” – Joel Osteen

#47. “Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money. It may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?” – Joel Osteen

#48. “If we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.” – Joel Osteen

#49. “There may be times when you just have to love people from a distance.” – Joel Osteen

Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out.

#50. “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.” – Joel Osteen

Final Thoughts

I hope you enjoyed these Joel Osteen quotes and have found a few that inspire you.

Years ago when I was going through a tough time, I would make it point to watch the broadcast of his sermon.

I always ended up feeling better about myself and being inspired to live my life to the fullest, no matter what wrongs were happening.

I encourage you to take your inspiration one step further if these quotes resonated with you. You can either find his weekly sermons on television or online.

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