Quotes from T.D. Jakes

Accept the process. Your blessing is already ready. It's already done. God is getting you ready for the blessing, preparing you for your destiny.

Success is not success without a successor.

my parents' ideals are good ones, and I support them to the highest. But my parents could only promote us to the levels to which they themselves had been exposed.

Greatness inspires greatness. Creativity inspires creativity. When you align yourself with people who inspire you and help draw out the best in you, you find your best self.

The road that gives you fulfillment, purpose, and joy as it takes you to Destiny is always peppered with jealous, envious, and angry people whose venomous darts are aimed squarely in your direction as you travel.

eagles fly where lesser birds cannot fly, so eagles can do what lesser birds cannot do.

It's the nights that I cried myself to sleep and my tears crawled across the bridge of my nose that God most often used to develop me into the person I am today.

Your hindrance? Trying to build your dream without the Dreammaker.

Often after years of deep investment into others we are shocked and disappointed that they simply didn't get who we really are.

Don't leave your God-given gifts unopened. Don't leave this planet having missed the great opportunities God has for you. Rip off the lid of your abilities, tear into that box that is your talents, and use every gift God has given you. Devote yourself to fulfilling the unique purpose that is your destiny.

You never know what you might discover by thinking outside the box that culture, conformity, and critics have tried to impose.

Perhaps looking at the forensics of your past can catapult you forward in a way that merely dreaming can never attain!

first things that a hurting person needs to do is break the habit of using other people as a narcotic to numb the dull aching of an inner void.

Many people feed others who can't feed them, while they completely fail to nourish those who really desire to feed them.

Don't let fear block God's destiny for you.

The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment.

If we have been diligent to hide the Word of God in our hearts, and if we continue to labor over that Word, we can be assured that in the time of harvest we will reap a bountiful reward if we faint not. (See Galatians 6:9.)

Our human instincts transcend physical survival and include our unique gifting and purpose. When we unleash our instincts to guide us, we discover the special ways we've been equipped, educated, and enlightened to fulfill our destiny. Your instincts are more resourceful, resilient, and responsive than you probably realize.

In my research, I was surprised to discover that some experts believe many people possess an instinct or a natural aptitude for making money, others for healing, creating art, organizing, or negotiating. I'm convinced our instincts emerge out of and alongside our gifting, so it makes sense that our instincts would reflect our talents and abilities.

If you want to be victorious in all your endeavors, then don't lean on your own understanding or to your own devices or innovations. Instead, in all your ways acknowledge the Lord, and He will direct your path.

Because you have messed up, many of you believe your calling has been annulled. The devil is a liar, for "the gifts and calling of God are without repentance" (Rom. 11:29). That is, they are irrevocable—He's not taking them back.

God's response is simple. Anything that is made well is made slowly.

Just because the vision tarries doesn't mean God has changed His mind or given up on you. It could very well mean that the timing or the situation is not right for God to get the ultimate glory and benefit out of your trusting in Him. Hold on to faith even in the midst of the battle.

You can live in this world and make all the money you could ever dream of and be as beautiful as you want and be as educated as you please and accomplish whatever you want to, but if you die without accomplishing your purpose, you are a failure, a reject, and a fool.