T. D. Jakes Quotes - Page 5

Faith must always pass the test of discouragement.

When people can walk away from you: Let them walk.

Others can inspire you, but ultimately the only thing that empowers you is what lies within you and learning how to better utilize what you’ve been given.

Big ideas come from forward thinking people who challenge the norm, think outside the box, and invent the world they see inside rather than submitting to the limitations of current dilemmas

If you can learn to love the imperfect people in your family then it's possible that someone can learn to love a imperfect you.

To those of us who often procrastinate on the decision we feel intimidated by lack of education or any area of weakness. I relieve you with this statement: It is not how much you know that arms you with the tools of great decision making, but rather how much you ask. Ask questions.

You will never understand pleasure without pain.

You don't have to be in church service to worship, you can be in your own home. You enhance your spirituality, through the instrument of worship, when you really connect with the invisible, almighty God.

You cannot have a private relationship in a public arena. You must look to an inner circle of people who really know you. Don't expect to have that kind of intimate relationship with people who only know you publicly. Do not seek to be understood by the world.

Once you have confidence in your instincts, you must never allow other people's refusal to believe, or their data to refute, what you instinctively know is true.

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

I'll give you some symptoms of a sign that your faith is deteriorating-whenever you face all of your problems and you trust only your plans to get you out-it is a sign that your faith is deteriorating.

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.

Prayer will get you out of a pinch, prayer will get you out of a crises, prayer will get you out of your dilemma, prayer will get you out of your trouble.

Either your troubles make you better, or they make you bitter. We must always examine what’s going on in our hearts.

I wasn't trying to be rich or famous; I was trying to figure out what is this thing in me that won't let me sleep that makes me restless and makes me keep pushing. I was trying to discover who I was.

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.

The dream God gives you guarantees, no matter what it looks like now, when it’s all over, your dream will come to pass.

One of the great healing balms of the Holy Spirit is forgiveness. To forgive is to break the link between you and your past.

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

If only we could realize that our purpose is to be caretakers. We are responsible for leading our flock to the place where the grass is green, but it is up to them to eat! We cannot be responsible for how much they digest. We cannot make people mature.

You cannot be a Big person with a Small heart

Success is never an accident it's always on purpose.

When we are placed in a set of circumstances where we have to take initiative and be creative, some of us find it hard to transition. Those people have been trained not to think but to obey orders. They are slaves to the training, unconsciously pledging allegiance to the average. Mentally they recite from the manual of mediocrity.

It's better to wait for something that respects you than to go in so low that it diminishes what you've worked for.