Joel Osteen Quotes

Your struggle is your strength. If you can resist becoming negative, bitter or hopeless, in time, your struggles will give you everything.

it's not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.

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

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

I build myself back up and come back stronger. That's what I do.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

The struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

I am a sweet old softy, but it took toughness to get through what I went through.

I had the luxury of falling down a few times and picking myself up as a stronger version of myself.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

The point of life is not who falls down. The point is who gets up and how you do it.

Life can be so difficult at times but fighting through the pain is so worth it.

Strength, both physical and spiritual, is the product of struggle!

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

It's interesting to see people overcome things. Because if you didn't overcome, you wouldn't be writing it.

I've taken many knocks over the years but it has only made me stronger and more determined to succeed.

You have to go through tough experiences and go through some battles, in order to be stronger.

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

I have to accept everything... I will be back strong.