Joel Osteen Quotes

I feel like what's come out of me is the gift God has given me just to encourage people, to help them know that there's a better life.

I'm not a big guy that believes that you gain energy from demonizing other people. I think you gain energy from giving people hope.

Leadership is about calling people to do things beyond themselves.

I don't know. I have incredible amounts of hope that things can change. It takes people who believe.

We all need a little something to believe in.

I wish to be up and doing. I wish to face each day with resolution and purpose. I wish to use every waking hour to give encouragement, to bless those whose burdens are heavy, to build faith and strength of testimony.

The gift we can offer others is so simple a thing as hope.

That's what keeps me going. Everywhere I go there are young people with shining eyes wanting to tell me, "Dr. Jane, we're going to make the world a better place."

Tell your story: yes, tell your story! Give your example. Tell everyone that it's possible, and other people will then have the courage to face their own mountains.

My hope is to incite that feeling of inspiration in as many other people as possible. To receive and pass along that baton to anyone willing to carry it further. I guess the answer to the question would be I'm inspired by the work of those (and sometimes even the people themselves) who strive to inspire.

My happiness came from learning my purpose, which is to be honest and to share things that normal people probably wouldn't share, in an effort to support and uplift other women. I love that my journey gives other women hope, letting them see how far God can bring a soul.

Most of my sermons are inspirational, and I believe people need that encouragement.

I realize that people need something to believe in.

It is the writer's privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart.

If you inspire one person each day, you’re day hasn't been a waste. It’s been a blessing.

...we must be a beacon of hope, because if you tell people there's nothing they can do, they will do worse than nothing.

Don’t be discouraged by the size of your network – inspire one person and you are doing good.

I just share my story in hopes that some people out there who have gone through different circumstances might be encouraged and inspired that even in their circumstances to know that there is nothing God can't change.

Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.

Spend your life lifting people up, not putting them down.

The more you inspire, the more people will inspire you.

Great leaders inspire. They maintain a hopeful attitude, even in the face of discouraging setbacks, constant criticism and abundant opposition. People don't follow discouraged leaders. They follow those who persist with hope.

This is who I want to be in the world. This is who I think we are supposed to be, people who help call forth human beings from deep inside hopelessness.

When you use your faith, it gives you energy. It gives you the ability to be able to see beyond where you are right now and see into the future.

America is hungry for people who believe in something.