Quotes from T.D. Jakes

Will you bring life to your dream or will you allow it to die of neglect? It is absolutely true that you have a divine summons to fulfill, but it's not automatic and it's not guaranteed. You are the major player who must give yourself fully to the process of becoming.

You can be the most grateful person in the world, but if you have not arrived at the place God wants you to be, to do the thing God has destined you and only you to do, that longing will never go away.

It's miserable living someone else's life, and it is downright suffocating to live beneath your potential.

Paying attention to what nourishes and stimulates your heart, soul, and imagination leads to listening to your instincts. In turn, listening to your instincts jump-starts the process of creating the fabric of your destiny. Like a designer sewing a garment, you take the vision within you and bring it to life in a suit to be worn for your next season of life. You are instinctively best at inventing what is in your inventory!

When the Master gives us the vision of what he's going to do in our lives, He shows us the mountain peaks while He hides the valleys. If you saw the climb you would have to endure to get to the mountaintop, you would abandon the entire trip.

If you are searching for the secret of true joy, and victorious Holy Spirit-filled Christ living, the answer is simply this: Die! Die and keep on dying daily until all of you is dead and only Christ lives. Death is the key to life and life more abundantly.

There is a difference between discussion and argument. A discussion airs the issues, but an argument alleges charges and appoint blame.

A father is an image of a young man's destiny, a living testimony of what time may bring to pass.

It's not selfish to prioritize your life to fulfill Destiny. It's actually the most selfless thing you can do. God has an appointment for you to serve humanity in the greatest way possible for you.

God is quickly fulfilling today all that He has said in the past through His prophets, and is speaking presently through His ministers and servants. We are embarking upon the time of harvest.

The very key to knowing your purpose is discovering and celebrating your personal identity.

God's will is that we, as His people, be separated unto Him for His purpose. As believers, we should endeavor to pursue that sanctification at any cost.

How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver (Proverbs 16:16 NKJV).

Divorce is not merely separating; it is the tearing apart of what was once joined together.

if you are the smartest person in a room, you are in the wrong room.

If you have been betrayed or wounded by someone you brought too close, please forgive them. They really were a blessing. You will only be better when you cease to be bitter!

Things that are covered don't heal well.

for God loves to anoint misfits to fulfill His divine purpose and destiny!

Our instincts may have even guided us to hide parts of ourselves in order to keep them alive when we were younger.

When ideas hang out with influence, income will always emerge.

We claim we are not emotional, yet we are so sensitive that a vicious word from a cruel woman can leave the most manly of us impotent! A cutting statement can undermine the strength, vigor, and vitality of even the strongest of men. Most women greatly underestimate the power of their words to magnify or crush their husbands' strength.

Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds.

There is no success like the success of a man who had to persevere in order to receive it. People appreciate the victory when they have to walk it out.

sometimes wondered if it would be better to let go of the pain of wanting and settle for the calm mediocrity of the status quo.