Joel Osteen Quotes

Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.

Sometimes you have to go through the wilderness before you get to the Promised Land.

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to get through life.

I don't know if God is a sports fan or not, but I do know this: He loves a good comeback.

Fading, fading: strength beyond hope and despair climbing the third stair. Lord, I am not worthy Lord, I am not worthy but speak the word only.

When God is involved, anything can happen. Be open. Stay that way. God has a beautiful way of bringing good vibrations out of broken chords.

If your dream dies, dream another one. If things don't work out the way you've planned, God has a better plan for you.

Put up your guards, keep faith in God, I promise you all the world will be ours.

The lower you fall, the higher you'll fly. The farther you run, the more God wants you back.

Champions get up! When you’re down to nothing, God is up to something! Champions get up! Focus your mind, pull yourself together. If you are at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on! You are a champion. You are more than a conqueror. Keep the faith. Cry if you must. You are still here. God is not through with you yet. You were born to win. Champions get up! You are a champion. You have GREATNESS within you!

God can make greatness out of a great mess

Some of you had big dreams, but you had some disappointments & now you think it’s over. But God is saying, Begin again.

There is no need to be dismayed if love sometimes follows torturous ways. Grace has the power to make straight the paths of human love.

When you walk with Jesus, defeat turns into victory.

In God’s garden of grace, even broken trees bear fruit...

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!

I know that there's a god because I was able to survive everything that I've been through - all of the tough times - and I'm still at the top of my game.

I've been around a lot of greats I seen in this industry that have problems, but the comeback can be that much greater.

God doesn't put anyone someplace permanently. I am a living testimony to that.

Life labeled me, people gave up on me, and thought that there was no hope, but God takes the people who have been cast aside and look like trash. God's in the recycling business. He recycles that trash and brings forth treasure.

When every court was saying 'no,' I believe God was still saying yes. I had to somehow find that faith and reach deep down in my soul and believe in the teaching that my mother taught me as a young boy, that God can do everything but fail.

What ultimately makes 'The Wire' uplifting amid the heartbreak it conveys is its embodiment of a spirit that Barack Obama calls 'the audacity of hope.' It is filled with characters who should quit but don't, not only the boys themselves but teachers, cops, ex-cops, and ex-cons who lose their hearts to them.

I have to give all praise to the Man above, because I never gave up on Him, and He never gave up on me.