Joel Osteen Quotes

Adversity is always unexpected and unwelcomed. It is an intruder and a thief. But in the hands of God, adversity becomes the means through which HIS Supernatural Power is demonstrated.

If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship.

God puts you through things - steps in life - and you get over them.

I dropped out of school; I got fired from my job. Those were my roughest moments, but I always knew through it that I was going to be great.

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

Through suffering we have endured the assaults of time; reverses have ever been our beginning; and out of the depths God has gathered us to his heart.

I never lost my belief, in the midst of setbacks which were not spared me during my period of struggle. Providence has had the last word and brought me success.

What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction

Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.

The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance. There's a purpose for why you're in the fire. If God can use a man without arms and legs to be His hands and feet, then He will certainly use any willing heart!

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

In my race, there's 10 hurdles, but in life, there is always a hurdle. There is always something you gotta get over, and it's what you do, you know.

Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.

I like struggle.

You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

I overcame a lot of obstacles in my life and in my childhood.

I have come up the hard way.

The lower you fall, the higher you'll fly.

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

I grew up below the poverty line; I didn't have as much as other people did. I think it made me stronger as a person, it built my character. Now I have a 4.0 grade point average and I want to go to college, and just become a better person.

Hard times always lead to something great.