Joel Osteen Quotes

At the age of 18, I made up my mind to never have another bad day in my life. I dove into a endless sea of gratitude from which I've never emerged.

Never let a day pass without looking for the good, feeling the good within you, praising, appreciating, blessing, and being grateful. Make it your life commitment, and you will stand in utter awe of what happens in your life.

The best recipe for happiness and contentment I've seen is this: dig a big hole in the garden of your thoughts and put into it all your disillusions, disappointments, regrets, worries, troubles, doubts, and fears. Cover well with the earth of fruitfulness. Water it from the well of contentment. Sow on top the seeds of hope, courage, strength, patience, and love. Then when the time for gathering comes, may your harvest be a rich and fruitful one.

Look for joy in your life; it's not always easy to find.

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.

Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.

I keep a journal, and every day I write down one great play that I had that day. I don't write down any negatives.

So every single day, I found something to be grateful for and that's a powerful lesson.

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

Life is too short to spend in negativity. So I have made a conscious effort to not be where I don't want to be.

Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.

Happiness is not something that just comes to you. It's an active process.

I've come to the conclusion that we're all responsible for our own happiness and the happiness in your life depends on the quality of your thoughts. I'm a big believer in positive thinking.

I try to live in a state of being grateful as much as possible. I'm not always successful.

I try to keep my mind full of really positive stuff.

It just depends on what you decide to have in your heart. That's what I've learned. That's where I am at this stage in my life is if we can fill ourselves with love and appreciation for, and be in a state of gratitude... Every event of your life you have an opportunity to be in a state of gratitude for it.

Always maintain a joyful mind. Appreciate the struggles as opportunities to wake up.

If you correct your mind the rest of your life will fall into place.

Even people who counted their blessings never counted them in the morning. For one thing, there wasn't time.

Your gratitude attitude determines your life altitude.

Everyday, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul

The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.