Quote

We can all control our own destiny. And I think sometimes it's a copout to say, Well, it's this person's fault or another person's fault.

Joel Osteen

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Joel Osteen
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 5
Minister
Politician
Preacher
Writer
Houston
Texas
Joel Scott Osteen
Persons
Person
Wells
Well
Fault
Sometimes
Faults
Think
Destiny
Thinking
Control
Another

More quotes by Joel Osteen

Image
The Gospel is called the good news. My message is a message of hope, that's God's [message] for you.
Joel Osteen
Image
You're not RESPONSIBLE for somebody else's happiness. You're responsible for your own HAPPINESS.
Joel Osteen
Image
I struggled for a long time with survivin', and no matter what, you keep finding something to fight for.
Joel Osteen
Image
Maybe you once were excited about that person God supernaturally brought into your life as a marriage partner, but now all the excitement has worn off. Don’t’ allow that sense of a miracle to slip away. Don’t get so familiar with each other that you take one another for granted.
Joel Osteen
Image
God has already done everything He's going to do. The ball is now in your court. 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
Image
I DECLARE God is going before me making crooked places straight. He has already lined up the right people, the right opportunities and solutions to problems I haven't had. No person, no sickness, no disappointment, can stop His plan. What he promised will come to pass.
Joel Osteen
Image
I see people - they won't be negative toward other people, but inside they're negative toward themselves, and I think that holds us back.
Joel Osteen
Image
Don't pick on your sister when she's holding a baseball bat.
Joel Osteen
Image
You see somebody down, that's lonely, take them to lunch. Encourage them.
Joel Osteen
Image
What you believe has a much greater impact on your life than what anybody else believes.
Joel Osteen
Image
I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don't have to answer to them I have to answer to God.
Joel Osteen
Image
God's used me to help turn their life around or give them hope, you know? It's very rewarding
Joel Osteen
Image
Faith is not in your head. Faith is in your heart. Sometimes you have to turn your mind off and listen to your heart.
Joel Osteen
Image
Your best days are still out in front of you
Joel Osteen
Image
Life is short. You can't afford to put off what God has put in your heart. You don't have time to live with things holding you back.
Joel Osteen
Image
When I took over from my father, he came from the Southern Baptist background, and back 40-50 years ago, there was a lot more of that.I don't believe - maybe it was for a time. But I don't have it in my heart to condemn people. I'm there to encourage them.
Joel Osteen
Image
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.
Joel Osteen
Image
No matter what you’ve been through, no matter what others might have thought about you...you are who God says you are. You are talented, you are a success, and you are an overcomer!
Joel Osteen
Image
When things are difficult, smile by faith. Don't wait until you feel better.
Joel Osteen
Image
You may have made a lot of wrong choices, but you’ve also made a lot of choices that were right. Focus on your good qualities. Focus on your victories. Get off the treadmill of guilt.
Joel Osteen