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Being successful doesn’t necessarily make you great. What makes you great is when you reach back and help somebody else become great.

Joel Osteen

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Joel Osteen
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 5
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Houston
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Joel Scott Osteen
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I tell people all the time, preached a couple Sundays about it. I'm for everybody. You may not agree with me, but to me it's not my job to try to straighten everybody out.
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We live in a day that nobody's lived in before: where you can touch more people. The message I'll speak tonight and the message that I speak at home, people in India will hear. It's just an amazing day.
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You must forgive the people who hurt you so you can get out of prison. You'll never be free until you do. Let go of hose wrongs they've done to you. Get that bitterness out of your life. That's the only way you're going to truly be free. You will be amazed at what can happen in your life when you release all that poison.
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing.
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Forgiveness is a choice, but it is not an option.
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Don’t talk about the way you are. Talk about the way you want to be.
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If youre alive and breathing, you can still become everything God has created you to be.
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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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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
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The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.
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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.
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God made you a masterpiece - be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.
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Life is flying by. You don't have time to waste another minute being negative, offended or bitter. If someone did you wrong, get over it and move forward.
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You've got to send your words out in the direction you want your life to go.
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I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it.
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God's got you in the palm of His hand. You won't leave one second before your time. If God wants you to be here, then you're going to be here.
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Sustaining faith is what sets you through those dark nights of the soul when you don’t know where to go or what to do, and it seems that you can’t last another day…but because of your faith in God, you do.
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When you give up yourself, that's when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that's giving that's serving others and that's when you feel fulfilled.
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If you don't have the gift of a loving supportive family, be that gift for someone else. It doesn't have to be a relative, just someone you know who is alone or hurting over the holiday.
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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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