Quotes by T. D. Jakes

We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

— T. D. Jakes

Wisdom

We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.

— T. D. Jakes

Wisdom

Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.

— T. D. Jakes

Courage

It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.

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Wisdom

But I think my mistakes became the chemistry for my miracles. I think that my tests became my testimonies.

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Wisdom

As a Christian, Christ died so that we will have eternal life in Him in Heaven. What it looks like doesn't matter, what it smells like doesn't matter, as long as Christ is there it will be Heaven to me.

— T. D. Jakes

Life

There are no college courses to build up self-esteem or high school or elementary school. If you don't get those values at a early age, nurtured in your home, you don't get them.

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Wisdom

I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.

— T. D. Jakes

Wisdom

I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.

— T. D. Jakes

Wisdom

I don't think that you can let the storms of life overwhelm you. When you do that, you are no better than the craziness that caused you to be under attack.

— T. D. Jakes

Life

So though there are many things I would have done differently, I submit to God's sovereignty and His purpose in my life and I thank Him that He brought me the way He brought me and gave me what He gave me when He thought I could handle it.

— T. D. Jakes

Life

Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes.

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Wisdom

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.

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Wisdom

If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.

— T. D. Jakes

Education

I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.

— T. D. Jakes

Wisdom

I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers.

— T. D. Jakes

Success

The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny.

— T. D. Jakes

Life

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

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Wisdom

Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the Resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.

— T. D. Jakes

Wisdom

When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.

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Wisdom

One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.

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Wisdom

My first church had seven members in it, and I have to remember, the rent was $225 a month and I worked for Union Carbide and took the check I made from work to pay for the rent to keep the church open.

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Success

And another thing is that I think as a church whenever we become politically driven, we alienate at least 50 percent of the people that God called us to reach with our political orientations.

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Wisdom

I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.

— T. D. Jakes

Wisdom