Joel Osteen Quotes

We can choose to gather to our hearts the thorns of disappointment, failure, loneliness, and dismay in our present situation. Or we can gather the flowers of God's grace, boundless love, abiding presence, and unmatched joy. I choose to gather the flowers.

Faith is reacting positively to a negative situation.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

You gotta have faith. You gotta keep your head up.

Don't worry about what you don't have if you do have faith!

I am of the opinion, and even more so the older I get, that it is more difficult to have hope than it is to despair. And I mean this in the sense that in order to have hope you must acknowledge the despair and then you have to get beyond it. Taken from a radio interview given on BBC Radio 4's Open Book

If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look and feel the same. Tolerance for disappointment, determination, and a belief in self are the heart of hope.

Sometimes there is nothing you can do, and in those times, you must do something anyway.

There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations.

When you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come

Keep your morale high, in spite of setbacks. At the end you are bound to succeed.

In every moment there is a reason to carry on.

Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.

Whatever happens, do not lose hold of the two main ropes of life - hope and faith.

And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.

Don't let your imagination be crushed by life as a whole.

Under no circumstances should you lose hope.

In dire times you can lose joy, but you can't lose hope. Hope is your guide.

Pray when you feel like worrying. Give thanks when you feel like complaining. Keep going when you feel like quitting.

If you lose all hope, you can always find it again.

We can choose to be grateful, no matter what. This type of gratitude transcends whatever is happening around us. It surpasses disappointment, discouragement and despair. It blooms just as beautifully in the icy landscape of winter as it does in the pleasant warmth of summer.

I think even if you haven't been divorced, you can hopefully relate to having to navigate through a really difficult time and see how you can get through to the other side and how you can stay positive, even if there's some really bad stuff happening.

Remember even though the outside world might be raining, if you keep on smiling the sun will soon show its face and smile back at you.

I never give up hope.