Joel Osteen

“In my early teens, I knew I wanted to do television production. I loved cameras, editing and producing, anything that had to do with television production. My friend had a production studio...”

“I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know.”

“I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope. Causing people to have better relationships. I'm not leading them to some false God or something like that.”

“I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don't know anything...”

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

“Yes, the Bible should be taught in our schools because it is necessary to understand the Bible if we are to truly understand our own culture and how it came to be. The Bible has influenced e...”

“When I used to play sports, I'd be the one cheering the team on, 'Come on, we can beat these guys!' That's just in me.”

“A disagreement or incident involving someone who's not that important to you, like a guy who cut you off in traffic or a rude cashier, is something that should roll off your shoulders. Save...”

“It's easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it's easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful...”

“You can be committed to Church but not committed to Christ, but you cannot be committed to Christ and not committed to church.”

“The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith.”

“A lot of churches have not moved with the times.”

“We can be civil. We can still be friends, and be Democrats and Republicans, and have different views.”

“Many times, we miss out on God's best because we give up too soon. We don't realize how close we are to victory.”

“Every setback means you're one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.”

“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...”

“Faith is easy; I think people complicate it.”

“It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and I think all of them - all of the lawmakers - have hearts to do what's right, and they all...”

“It is a hard thing to let go of mistakes we've made and sins. God wants us to do that because He knows the guilt and the condemnation will keep us from becoming who He has created us to be.”

“I don't go down the road of condemning.”