Quotes from T. D. Jakes

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.

When it comes to bringing an idea that God has given you to fruition, don't wait for it to happen again, you have to get out there and make it happen.

Ya'll don't hear what I'm preaching. I'm preaching so good I'm about to 'Amen' myself! Oh!...Oh God! I'm preaching good! Hallelujah!

I think being a good Christian father, your responsibility varies with the age and the stage that your children are at.

I would tell your generation, wherever you are on the totem poll - whether you're halfway there or at the bottom, don't despise small beginnings; small beginnings get you ready for great things.

Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.

You cannot embrace your destiny if you do not let go of your history.

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.

Faith is the substance of whatever it is that we hope for. The important thing is that we teach that faith is connected to good works and responsibility.

Never make a permanent decision about a temporary situation.

The most wonderful thing in the world is somebody who knows who they are and knows where they're going and knows what they were created to do

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

When You Hold Onto Your History, You Do It At The Expense Of Your Destiny.

When you leave the familiar and enter the unknown, your fear becomes refined by experience and hammered into tools of survival on the anvil of anxiety.

You cannot be a Big person with a Small heart

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.

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

Blame unto others only as you would first blame yourself.

When there's no turning back, your instincts will lead you forward.

Success is not success without a successor.

If someone must be hurt, if it ever becomes necessary to bear pains, weather strong winds, or withstand trials or opposition, let it be adults and not children.

How you think about your opportunities determines how you will act on them.

It's better to gather in righteousness than fellowship with darkness.

A church that focuses on the external has lost its passion for souls.