Joel Osteen Quotes

If you don't encounter setbacks in your career, if you don't have doubts and disappointments , let me tell you, you're not dreaming big enough.

Don't be afraid of a little opposition. Remember that the 'Kite' of success generally rises AGAINST the wind of Adversity, not with it.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome.

Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.

Just because fate had thrown another obstacle in my way didn't mean I had to give up my dreams.

Everything that I have done that the media sees as an obstacle, I have over come it.

I've always seen 'no' as a challenge rather than an answer.

If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain't enough!

Setbacks motivate me.

Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.

To the stars through thorns.

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

You can all get what you want to get, and so my journey was to show you how many times along the way adversity has stared me right in the face, and I've looked it right back and said, 'No.'

There's always going to be bumps in the road. There's always going to be this and that, adversity. You just overcome it. It's what I've done all my life.

Everyone has to face obstacles. Everybody has to face hurdles. It's what you do with those that determines how successful you're going to be.

Getting cut four separate times really never stopped me.

For all of us today, the battle is in our hands. The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no broad highways to lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions. We must keep going.

Setbacks and fear are inevitable. The thing that distinguishes the ultimate successes from the ultimate failures is this: What do you do with them?

He who wants to get to the source must swim against the current.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

Life is a challenge, we must take it.

View the events you consider obstacles as perfect opportunities to test your resolve and find your purpose.

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.

When obstacles have been put in front of me, I just get around them and move past them and laugh at them.