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Joel Osteen

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Joel Osteen (born 1963) is an American pastor and televangelist who leads Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas — one of the largest congregations in the United States. His optimistic, encouraging messages about faith, positivity, and personal growth have reached millions through his televised sermons and bestselling books.

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“You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.”

— Joel Osteen

Change

All Quotes by Joel Osteen

“Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith.”

— Joel Osteen

Faith

“We were old sinners - but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore.”

— Joel Osteen

Easter

“I have always believed in God.”

— Joel Osteen

God

“People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.”

— Joel Osteen

Future

“I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books.”

— Joel Osteen

God

“I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.”

— Joel Osteen

God

“Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.”

— Joel Osteen

Faith

“There's pros and cons of a big church. Cons is I don't get to know everybody, I don't get to go to their ballgame, I don't get to marry everybody, but the pros are you get all this community, 800 ushers come in to serve, getting there at 7 in the morning on their day off and coming in on Saturday to make all those wafers.”

— Joel Osteen

Morning

“God wants to bless us where we are.”

— Joel Osteen

God

“Only God can look at somebody's heart.”

— Joel Osteen

God

“Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still out in front of you.”

— Joel Osteen

Best

“I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be.”

— Joel Osteen

God

“I'm not the judge. You know, God didn't tell me to go around judging everybody.”

— Joel Osteen

God

“I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate, and I've got a lot of that in me as well.”

— Joel Osteen

Dad

“Do all you can to make your dreams come true.”

— Joel Osteen

Dreams

“I've never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.”

— Joel Osteen

Money

“You may make some mistakes - but that doesn't make you a sinner. You've got the very nature of God on the inside of you.”

— Joel Osteen

God

“I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.”

— Joel Osteen

God

“I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope.”

— Joel Osteen

Hope

“My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.”

— Joel Osteen

Dad