Joel Osteen Quotes

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Every time I've failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.

Every season will have its dips and hard moments, and the challenge then is to make sure you don't get too down in those moments and make sure you come back fighting.

It's always discouraging to lose. You look at it and think, 'Man, what's going on?' It's always discouraging. But I'm a fighter. I don't like to quit.

We've all been there, where it seems like all the cards are stacked against you, and you can't seem to do anything right. But you still have to say to yourself, 'You know what? That's not going to stop me. I still have to find a way.'

Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through.

But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain, to dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall, and baffled, get up and begin again.

If you so choose, the challenges can make you stronger. If you so choose, the disappointments can make you more determined.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

Never give up.

Life is designed to knock you down. It will knock you down time and time again, but it doesn't matter how many times you fall - it matters how many times you get back up.

My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you're moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.

When times are tough I am not one for just throwing the towel in.

My dad was the way he was, but he also gave me a motto: never say die. Just to keep pushing and pushing, fighting until the end. He put it in my head that you're always going to fight, and you're always going to beat them.

One of the things is we tend to give up too soon. We get knocked down a couple of times, and we stay down. It's so important to get back up again.

You've got to think life can give you some bad knocks; no matter how hard you're knocked, you've got to get up.

The hardest thing to do is to fail and keep pushing at the same time.

You're going to hit some rough patches. You're going to run into obstacles. People are going to say, 'You can't do it.' But you have to persevere. You have to keep working hard and believing in yourself.

In life, you always have to keep fighting. It's not easy.

Every time I get an injury or suffer from a personal setback, that's exactly what I do: I persevere.

My character is 'Get up and keep fighting,' unless I've been nailed to the ground.

You can't give up in life. You just can't do it, no matter what it is that is going on.

I've been working really hard in this business for a very long time and I've had my share of ups and downs - and to be honest, most of them have been downs. It's a motivation point.

I've always heard that the reason you fall is to get back up and keep going. So when that happens, or life throws you bad breaks or curves or deals you the wrong hand, all I've ever known is to keep going.