1,062 Quotes by Joel Osteen

Don’t waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.

No matter what you’ve gone through in the past, no matter how many setbacks you’ve suffered or who or what has tried to thwart your progress, today is a new day, and God wants to do a new thing in your life.

You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ’I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.

You may have failed, but you are not a failure. That’s what you did. That’s not who you are.

Don’t focus on the good old days, look forward towards the good new days.

When you allow what someone says or does to upset you, you’re allowing them to control you.

Life is going by. Don’t waste a minute being negative, offended, or bitter. Choose to be happy.

You may not be where you want to be, but you can look back and be thankful you’re not where you used to be.

So many people talk about themselves: “I’m unattractive, my mind’s so slow, and I can’t do this.” And you know what I tell them? “God didn’t make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.”