Joel Osteen Quotes

Storms make oaks take deeper root.

I have lived long enough to be battered by the realities of life, and not too long to be downed by them.

Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.

when the fierce, burning winds blow over our lives-and we cannot prevent them-let us, too, accept the inevitable. And then get busy and pick up the pieces.

You learn the most from life's hardest knocks.

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

I like men who have known the best and the worst, whose life has been anything but a smooth trip. Storms have battered them, they have lain, sometimes for months on end, becalmed. There is a residue even if they fail. It has not been all tinkling; there have been grand chords.

We get very little wisdom from success, you know.

There have been ups and downs, but it has taught us a lot in life. Going with the team through those ups and downs is a terrific journey.

Life always has a bit of a challenge in front of you, and that's what makes you fight for it.

Some things are best learned in calm, others in storm.

Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time? One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult! It’s what enables us to grow. Remember, earth is not heaven!

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

That's the thing about life. A lot of the time, it isn't easy at all. We just have to try to make the best of it.

You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.

A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.

Life is an ever-flowing process and somewhere on the path some unpleasant things will pop up - it might leave a scar, but then life is flowing, and like running water, when it stops it grows stale. Go bravely on, my friend, because each experience teaches us a lesson. Keep blasting because life is such that sometimes it is nice and sometimes it is not.

In all experience, there is something to be learned. In deepest sorrow, wisdom is found. In the well of despair, hope rises.

I've been through a lot of struggles, even though I'm young.

We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight

I was lucky in that I had a mother that was full of this colloquial wisdom and she used to say to me 'You know, failure is not the opposite of success, it's the stepping stone to success. There is nobody who has not failed along the way.' So I think its very important for young women, especially as they are starting in life, to recognize that because otherwise, they only see people's success. So, when I speak, I speak of my failures.

Let's face it, life is a constant challenge. It's full of unexpected detours that no one but you can navigate.

Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.

Hardships and handicaps can...stimulate our energy to survive them. You'll find if you study the lives of people who've accomplished things, it's often been done with the help of great willpower in overcoming this and that.