Joel Osteen

“I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.”

“Only God can look at somebody's heart.”

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

“I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.”

“God wants to bless us where we are.”

“I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just being who God made me to be.”

“I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it.”

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

“I think God's justice is making wrongs right.”

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

“I have always believed in God.”

“God's desire is that we excel.”

“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.”

“I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society.”

“A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.”

“You can be happy where you are.”

“My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places.”

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

“To me, we're marketing hope.”

“I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope.”

“I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people.”

“Prospering just doesn't have to do with money.”

“I've never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.”

“I don't believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.”