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So many people are looking at what's wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what's right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.

Joel Osteen

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Joel Osteen
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 5
Minister
Politician
Preacher
Writer
Houston
Texas
Joel Scott Osteen
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I don't go down the road of condemning.
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This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.
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When you go through difficult times...recognize that God is refining you, knocking off some of your rough edges.
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If you think your obstacles are too big, they will be. Don’t set limits on your life with your thinking.
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If you spend your life trying to please people or letting them control you, you may make them happy, but you'll miss your destiny.
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Love overlooks a person’s faults. That’s not always easy, but love believes the best in every person. Anybody can return evil for evil, but God wants His people to help heal wounded hearts.
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I've always been very happy. I've always been easy going and I've always been very encouraging it's just my personality.
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People have the right to their opinion and you have the right to ignore it.
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People will try to label you not good enough, too slow, too old, too many mistakes. You can't stop negative comments or prevent negative labels, but you can choose to not let them hold you back.
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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.
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To me, we're marketing hope.
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Your destiny is too great, your assignment too important, your time too valuable. Don't let fear intimidate you.
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You will never rise above the image you have of yourself in your own mind.
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Sometimes we look at gay being a bigger sin than being proud or not telling the truth. I don't think God categorizes sins.
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It doesnt matter how long it’s been or how impossible it looks, all the forces of darkness cannot stop what God wants to do.
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