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" 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. It's been printed all over, so I don't feel like I am hiding anything. "

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" 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. "

Joel Osteen

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

Joel Osteen

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" Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you're supposed to be. "

" 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 are passionate about it. "

" God's desire is that we excel. "

" You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself. "

" We think when God speaks to us, there's going to be a boom out of Heaven or we're going to get some chill bumps, but I really believe God's talking to us all the time. He's talking to us right in here. I call it our heart, our conscience, but it's the Holy Spirit talking to us. "

" I just think that it's strong and it's important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it's about the birth of our Savior, and there's a lot of pressure today to be politically correct, but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe. "

" The truth is, somebody is always talking about you, so you have to let it go... if it's not a part of your God-given destiny. "

" When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance. "

" 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. "

" We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It's ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you. "

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

" I believe God's keeping the records, and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life. Somehow, some way, God will make it up to you. It may be He protected you from an accident you never knew. You can't give God something without God giving you more in return, whether it's peace or joy or satisfaction. "

" You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the way'... Keep moving forward. "

" See, when you drive home today, you've got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you've got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what's happened in your past is not near as important as what's in your future. "

" 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 across town, and we'd go over there at night and shoot and edit. I produced my father's televised service for 17 years. "

" See, people are watching you. Especially your children. They're taking in every single thing you do. They are like video cameras with legs. And they are always in the record mode. They learn more from what you do than from what you say. "

" 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. "

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

" I really believed that fear is contagious. "

" I don't have all the answers. "

Joel Osteen

Answers

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

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

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

" I think how you start the day many times determines what kind of day you're going to have. "

" Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life. "

" It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt. "

" Sometimes we look at gay being a bigger sin than being proud or not telling the truth. I don't think God categorizes sins. "

" I've always been very happy. I've always been easy going and I've always been very encouraging; it's just my personality. "