Joel Osteen Quotes

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

We are all on a journey of faith, and we have to polish that faith.

Even in the life of a Christian, faith rises and falls like the tides of an invisible sea. It's there, even when he can't see it or feel it, if he wants it to be there. You realize, I think, that it is more valuable, more mysterious, altogether more immense than anything you can learn or decide upon It will keep you free - not free to do anything you please, but free to be formed by something larger than your own intellect or the intellects around you.

God always wants us to be growing.

I have learned to be molded by God into the person He wants. I want to help and encourage others to be the best they can be.

God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.

I have learned that track doesn't define me. My faith defines me. I'm running because I have been blessed with a gift.

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so that you will not fall too often.

God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!

I have to say that the most important thing Scientology has given me is the ability to keep my integrity together.

If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man.

God never gives us more than we can handle. Everything that comes our way is coming our way so that we can grow and evolve.

Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change themselves

It's certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire.

Men are not born saints with special gifts and privileges. They fight against the world, the flesh and the devil, and as they conquer, the spirit of Jesus begins to shine through with more clarity.

I'm actually really excited to be off of 'General Hospital' because I know God orders my steps, and this only means He has a new adventure for me.

Every time I have had a breakthrough in my life, it has been because of Prayer

Everything that happens to me can help me along in my Christian life.

One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.

Spiritual maturity is measured in terms of persevering faith, not perfect behavior

Success is the continuing achievement of becoming the person God wants you to be and accomplishing the goals God has helped you set.

Overcoming negative tendencies and enhancing positive potential are the very essence of the spiritual path.

I have so much more confidence in myself now than I ever did before.

I think that, regardless of our culture, age, or even personal handicaps, we can still strive for something exceptional. Why not expand our sights instead of restricting our lives and accepting the lowest common denominator of a dormant existence? Faith. . . will permit us to take a chance on a new path, perhaps different from the one we now follow. It may be surprising where it leads.