Joel Osteen Quotes

Your current situations or problems have been sent to you to teach you valuable lessons for success and happiness. What are they?

I've passed along some advice that Oprah [Winfrey] gave to me: When something bad is happening, it's not happening to you; it's happening for you.

You don't overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.

I don't have any problems in life, just situations.

You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.

For me, I try to see difficulties as a way of expanding and growing as a person inhabiting this planet.

I've obviously learned a lot, a lot of mental toughness, learned how to deal with some adversity. Hopefully I'm better for it.

Obstacles are Opportunities in disguise.

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift.

Assume that whatever situation you are facing at the moment is exactly the right situation you need to ultimately be successful. This situation has been sent to help you become better, to help you expand and grow.

Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and wisdom.

Facing difficulties is inevitable. Learning from them is optional.

If we can use our problems and illnesses as opportunities to think about how we can change our lives, we have power.

Challenges are opportunities for me to grow. The more I learn, the more equipped I am to handle whatever situations come up.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.

I hope that I'm always struggling, really. You develop when you're struggling. When you're struggling, you get stronger.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly powerless or more powerful.

Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light.

There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

Big defeats make us learn.

Man needs difficulties. They are necessary for health.

I know those challenges that come up from time to time in life are our little learning tools, our little steppingstones. If we didn't have those things in our life, how would we learn anything? We would just be walking around like nothing. We need those obstacles in our life because I know one thing - I'm a much better person for them.