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" For a while... to be an evangelical meant you were a white Republican, and you were against this and against that. I don't want to be put into that mold, because then people judge you before they even listen... I don't want to divide the very people I am trying to reach. "

Joel Osteen

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" Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you... If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbour. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be. "

" I deal with more practical issues of the Bible. "

Joel Osteen

Issues

Practical

" There's a belief that you're supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don't see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others. "

" Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. "

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

" 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 attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life. "

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

" I want the services to look and sound like the Grammys. It's not showy, but we represent God, and it should be first class. "

" God puts people in our lives on purpose so we can help them succeed and help them become all He created them to be. Most people will not reach their full potential without somebody else believing in them. "

" I believe that God's dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don't mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you're planted. But I don't have the mindset that money is a bad thing. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes when you take strong stands, if you're not called to do it, you're dividing the audience you're trying to reach. "

" We need to, you know, restore people. We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving. "

" You have enough people against you... be for yourself. "

" Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God's perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year. "

" I purposely don't talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you to be blessed. To me, prosperity is having health, having great children, having peace, good relationships. It's not about the money. "

" I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father. "

" Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world. "

" Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts. "

" The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream. "

" God's got you in the palm of His hand. You won't leave one second before your time. If God wants you to be here, then you're going to be here. "

" On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home. "

Joel Osteen

Day

Somebody

" I feel like my message is to let people know that God is a good God, that He's on their side, and no matter what happens, He has a great plan for them. "

" Don't grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it. "

Joel Osteen

Grow

You

" I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up. "

Joel Osteen

People

Beat

" I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society. And I think talking in everyday terms and making sure people can understand it - I think that's important. "

" A lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what the Bible said hundreds of years ago: a merry heart is good like a medicine. "

" 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. "