Joel Osteen Quotes

It's a new day, a new beginning for your new life. With discipline you will be amazed at how much progress you'll be able to make. What have you got to lose except the guilt and fear of the past?

Going around the league, people know, 'Oh, he got in some trouble' or 'He didn't play well his rookie year' or 'He's a bust.' That's the headline. I'm going to have a million more opportunities to create new headlines, and I can't wait. Can't wait.

You can’t go back. Can’t fix what broke. But you can go forward. And every step matters. Every one makes a difference.” She pushed away from the desk, cupped his face in her hands. “From where I’m standing, you’re the best step I ever took.

You are not the product of your circumstances. You are a composite of all the things you believe, and all the places you believe you can go. Your past does not define you. You can step out of your history and create a new day for yourself. Even if the entire culture is saying, "You can't." Even if every single possible bad thing that can happen to you does. You can keep going forward.

It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on the a brighter world.

For years I kept a sign on my desk that helped me maintain the right perspective concerning yesterday. It simply said, 'yesterday ended last night.' It reminded me that no matter how badly I might have failed in the past, it's done, and today is a new day.

It’s not always easy to get over some of those bumps in the road, those disillusionments and disappointments. It’s going to take a strong will. Sometimes, it may take courage. Sometimes nothing but faith in God and say, I refuse to be trapped in the past. I’m not going to let the past destroy my future. I’m pressing on. I’m straining forward, knowing that God has great things in store for me.

No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.

I can't change the past, but I can try to make a better future for me.

Even when you've made mistakes in life, you can still contribute and pick up the stuff and move on.

I'm a big believer in 'pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start again.'

There have been many times in my life when I felt like I'd never pick up the pieces, but God has always given me the power to do it.

Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me.

I do not want to live more from the past. I have my present and a great future that is on the other side.

God puts you through things - steps in life - and you get over them.

Learn from this, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Hell does have an exit, and I found it. For those who are still looking for a way out, I left the door open and I'll be waiting for whoever wants to grow with me.

To be born again is to let the past go, and look without condemnation upon the present.

I feel like I came through this year stronger and wiser, and I can go into 2015 in a much better place.

Where you are now is not where you will always be. There are brighter days up ahead.

No matter how dark it looks, no matter how long it's been, no matter how many people are trying to push you down; if you will stay in faith, God will always take you from Friday to Sunday. He will always complete what He started in you!

We will not allow the past to drag us down and stop us from moving ahead. We understand where we should move.

If your past is limited, your future is boundless.

Faith can reclaim deserts as well as move mountains.

Don't close the book when bad things happen in your life! Just turn the page and start a new chapter!

When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems to be drained of all purpose: What a wonderful opportunity to start all over again, to turn over a new page.