Joel Osteen

I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that’s not in me. I want to lift people up.

Joel Osteen

I think sometimes you just lose your focus, and I think that’s easy to do when you start getting more fame, more money, more power.

Joel Osteen

I think the first thing to do is to be aware that you can choose what you’re thinking about and that your life is going down the path that you’re thinking.

Joel Osteen

I think we should enjoy our families and everyone that we love right now, each day.

Joel Osteen

I think, for years, people have been pushed down by religion, and I don’t say that disrespectfully, but they’ve been shown a God that you can’t measure up to.

Joel Osteen

I try to look on all the great things God’s done, and not focus on the negative. It’s a perspective.

Joel Osteen

I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.

Joel Osteen

I want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people.

Joel Osteen

I want to be blessed so I can build orphanages. Blessed so I can build hospitals and do other things with our finances.

Joel Osteen

I would rather believe for something great and receive half of it, than to believe for nothing and receive all of it!

Joel Osteen