Not every person is going to understand you and that's okay. They have a right to their opinion and you have every right to ignore it. Joel Osteen More Quotes by Joel Osteen More Quotes From Joel Osteen When we don’t forgive, we’re not hurting the other person. We’re not hurting the company that did us wrong. We’re not hurting God. We’re only hurting ourselves. Joel Osteen forgiveness forgiving hurt We were old sinners - but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore. Joel Osteen sinner easter christ Your time is too valuable, your destiny is too great, and your future is too bright to waste a single moment. Be a now person. Joel Osteen single-mom future destiny I do think that religion has turned a lot of people off. Part of it is because it was all about the rules and was political. I think now people have a hunger for God, they want to have a relationship, but they don't want to be called religious. I'm not trying to get them to join my religion, I'm just trying to plant a seed of hope in their heart. Joel Osteen religious heart thinking When you go through enough dark places, you don't complain about little things. You don't lose your joy because you got stuck in traffic; you don't get offended because a coworker was rude to you. You've been through too much to let that sour you. Joel Osteen rude dark inspirational Don't spend all your time trying to win over your critics. Just run your own race. Joel Osteen being-yourself running inspirational You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat. Joel Osteen encouraging uplifting inspirational God will not pour fresh, creative ideas and blessing into old attitudes. Joel Osteen change god inspirational Every setback means you're one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass. Joel Osteen moving-on success inspirational I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do. Joel Osteen grace giving believe I guess no matter how hard you try, you can't escape your past. Joel Osteen matter trying past But I want to motivate. I wanna motivate every person to leave here to be a better father, a better husband, to break addictions to come up higher in their walk with the Lord. Joel Osteen husband god father Certainly there are times in all of our lives when bad things happen, or things don’t turn out as we had hoped. But that’s when we we must a decision that we’re going to be happy inspite of our circumstances. Joel Osteen when-bad-things-happen decision circumstances Some things you can only learn in the struggle. When it's easy, when everything is going your way, that doesn't take any faith. Joel Osteen learning struggle faith There’s a lot that is good in your life-don’t take it for granted. Don’t get so focused on the struggles that you miss the gift of today Joel Osteen struggle missing today Quit questioning God and start trusting Him! Joel Osteen trusting-him god religion Be the one to stand out in the crowd. Joel Osteen stand-out-from-the-crowd crowds standing-out We never like to miss an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of our life. That's why I never like to have a service without giving an invitation or writing a book, without giving an invitation and presenting that truth. I believe this is the whole key to living your best life, living a fulfilled life or becoming a better you. Joel Osteen believe book jesus Where God gives vision He always provides provision Joel Osteen provision vision giving 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. Joel Osteen strong believe thinking