Joel Osteen Quotes

It's always darkest before the dawn. The bigger your challenge, the closer you are to your victory.

We shall go forward together. The road upwards is stony. There are upon our journey dark and dangerous valleys through which we have to make and fight our way. But it is sure and certain that if we persevere - and we shall persevere - we shall come through these dark and dangerous valleys into a sunlight broader and more genial and more lasting than mankind has ever known.

Don't quit. For if you do, you may miss the answer to your prayers.

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

There is no other course but the one we have chosen, except the course of humiliation and darkness, after which there will be no bright sign in the sky or brilliant light on earth? All this will make us more patient and steadfast, and better prepared for the battle which God blesses and which good men support. Then there will only be a glorious conclusion, where a brilliant sun will clear the dust of battle, and where the clouds of battles will be dispelled.

I fall, I stand still... I trudge on. I gain a little... I get more eager and climb higher and begin to see the widening horizon. Every struggle is a victory.

Happy endings were never handed out. You had to fight for them, earn them with bruised hearts and sacrifices.

Almost anything difficult, any challenge takes time, patience, and hard work.

Take It From Me: Life's a Struggle but You Can Win

Who would attain to summits still and fair,Must nerve himself through valleys of despair.

When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner.

I shall fight on, I shall fight to win.

We fight to keep something alive rather than in the expectation that anything will triumph.

Success is never so interesting as struggle

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

I've gone through my trials and tribulations, and sure, it's gotten bumpy and all that, but I'm here. OK?

Many times, we miss out on God's best because we give up too soon. We don't realize how close we are to victory.

He conquers who endures.

To the stars through thorns.

You go through stuff, and you keep going.

I've always had to fight. Throughout my life, it's been a fight to get to where I am now.

There have been plenty of stories of people who go through adversity and had a bump in the road. The guys who persevere and continue to work hard, it turns out OK for them.

No matter how bad things get, eventually the sun is going to shine. If you just keep at it, pursuing your goals, eventually good things happen to decent people. For a person who is set on his goals, good things will happen. Everyone deals with adversity, it's how you bounce back from it.

But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well!

Don't lose heart if it's very difficult at times, everything will come out all right and nobody can in the beginning do as he wishes.