Joel Osteen
Do not speak defeat, speak victory.Collection: Inspirational
Let go of the old, take hold of the new and believe that 2013 will be your best year yet!Collection: Life
You have excellence on the inside. It’s who you are. Now do your part. Bring out your excellence!Collection: Excellence
We all have unfair situations and things we don't like. You can get bitter, discouraged and sour, or you can see it as fertilizer and say, “ This difficulty is not going to defeat me; it's going to promote me. It's not going to hinder me; it's going to help me.” Don't just go through it, grow through it.Collection: Helping
Faith doesn't always instantly deliver you, but it always carries you through.Collection: Carrie
If you develop an image of success, health, abundance, joy, peace, happiness, nothing on earth will be able to hold those things from you.Collection: Joy
I'm blessed to be a blessing to someone else.Collection: Blessed
God planted a dream in your heart for a reason. No one else can dream it for you. No one else will accomplish it for you.Collection: Dream
You may think you’re getting the short end of the stick, but when it’s all said and done, God will make sure that you don’t lose anything truly valuable. Moreover, He’ll make sure you get your just reward. Your responsibility is to remain calm and peaceable even when those around you are not.Collection: Responsibility
You can live a good life no matter what's happened to you. And so I don't know. I know there is condemnation, but I don't feel that's my place.Collection: Good Life
Our words have creative power. With our words, we can speak blessings over our future or we can speak negative things over our future.Collection: Blessing
When you reach out to hurting people, that’s when God is going to make sure your needs are supplied. When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.Collection: Hurt
The love of life is the root of all good.Collection: Love Life
Today, use your words to lift up and bless the people around you.Collection: People
I was reading in the Bible and one translation says that Jesus said that if you publicly will acknowledge me before people, I will acknowledge you before my Father in heaven. So that is a big part of these meetings like Night of Hope, giving people an opportunity to publicly say, "Jesus, I believe you are the messiah, you're Christ, you're my Lord."Collection: Jesus
I believe there's a heaven you know. Afterwards, there's, you know, a place called hell. And I believe it's when we have a relationship with God and his son Jesus and that's what the Bible teaches us. I believe it.Collection: Jesus
No matter how dark it looks, no matter how long it's been, no matter how many people are trying to push you down; if you will stay in faith, God will always take you from Friday to Sunday. He will always complete what He started in you!Collection: Friday
Our whole message is it's easy to just keep preaching to the church and people that already come.Collection: People
We never like to miss an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of our life. That's why I never like to have a service without giving an invitation or writing a book, without giving an invitation and presenting that truth. I believe this is the whole key to living your best life, living a fulfilled life or becoming a better you.Collection: Jesus
We minister the Word of God. The proclamation of the Gospel comes after individuals have opened their hearts to God and turned from themselves to others. Only then are they truly ready to hear and benefit fully from the Word of the Lord.Collection: Heart
It’s not always easy to get over some of those bumps in the road, those disillusionments and disappointments. It’s going to take a strong will. Sometimes, it may take courage. Sometimes nothing but faith in God and say, I refuse to be trapped in the past. I’m not going to let the past destroy my future. I’m pressing on. I’m straining forward, knowing that God has great things in store for me.Collection: Strong
I've always been an encourager at heart.Collection: Heart
You can’t think thoughts of mediocrity and expect to excel. The two don’t go together.Collection: Thinking
Instead of talking yourself out of your future start talking yourself into it.Collection: Talking
It’s always darkest before the dawn. The bigger your challenge, the closer you are to your victory.Collection: Victory
Don’t settle for mediocrity; never let good enough be good enough.Collection: Letting Go
Don’t waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.Collection: Trying
God knows the dreams and desires in your heart; in fact, He gave them to you. He will order your steps and take you where you need to be.Collection: Heart
When you keep God in first place, He will take you to places you’ve never dreamed of.Collection: Firsts
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.Collection: Destiny
Your job isn’t to judge. – Your job isn’t to figure out if someone deserves something or decide who is right or wrong. – Your job is to lift the fallen, restore the broken, and heal the hurting.Collection: Hurt
You’ve got to believe that God is in control of your life. It may be a tough time but you’ve got to believe that God has a reason for it and he’s going to make everything good.Collection: Hope
Don’t make excuses, don’t blame the past. The rest of your life can be the best of your life!Collection: Past
Your destiny is too great, your assignment too important, your time too valuable. Don’t let fear intimidate you.Collection: Destiny
Too often we judge people based on our own backgrounds and experiences, but when you understand people’s stories, it’s easier to understand their demeanor.Collection: Stories
I like to take every day just searching my own heart, making sure that I’m on course, and I’m doing what God wants me to do. I’m real good with not looking to the critics and looking straight ahead.Collection: Real
If we will do our part and take a strong stand for our families, God will do His part. He’ll help us to have great marriages and great relationships with our parents and children.Collection: Strong