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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

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Joel Osteen
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 5
Minister
Politician
Preacher
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Houston
Texas
Joel Scott Osteen
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Forgiveness is a choice, but it is not an option.
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I encourage people in a lot of my messages that you've got to make the most of every day.
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You have excellence on the inside. It’s who you are. Now do your part. Bring out your excellence!
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God's used me to help turn their life around or give them hope, you know? It's very rewarding
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He is still in control. He still has you in the palm of His hand.
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I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal... God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.
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God wants you to have a good life, a life filled with love, joy, peace, and fulfillment. That doesn’t mean it will always be easy, but it does mean that it will always be good.
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You will never rise above the image you have of yourself in your own mind.
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I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be grateful for, and see each day as a gift.
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Don't focus on the good old days, look forward towards the good new days.
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Back in Bible days, there were these famous schools of the prophets, but some of the ones Jesus chose didn't come through that route - and not to say that they weren't good, but I'm comfortable.
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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.
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When you are committed to doing what’s right, you are sowing seeds for God’s blessings. You will never go wrong by taking the high road and doing more that is required.
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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.
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Don't pick on your sister when she's holding a baseball bat.
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You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.
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I think God's justice is making wrongs right.
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What you expect is what you will get.
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Everybody is going to have their critics. It's easy to get discouraged in life.
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