Quotes from T. D. Jakes

When you can't do nothing but pray-you've done a whole lot.

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.

Some of the best people with whom you can have a relationship are the people who challenge your thinking.

I fully intend to preach the word of God to you until there's a difference between how you walk out of here and how you walked in here.

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.

The thing that I've most enjoyed is what I'm learning.

Face the giants in your life, slay them, and move on. Do not be daunted by the mistakes and failures in your life.

No matter where you are in life right now, know this: God put you on this earth to fulfill the promise He has predestined for your life.

Life's a university that'll teach you lessons, regardless of your desire to pass the "class" or not, there is always something else to learn

It's the gymnasium of life where you get the workout, the resistance, and you find out things about yourself that you didn't know.

Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds. Each new season of life offers to train us for the next season if we pay attention and adapt.

Every major move in my life was done instinctively.

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.

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.

The pursuit of your life is to come into [your] purpose. And the waste of your life is to miss that purpose.

It is the breaking of life that produces the blessing of life.

Worship plays a major role in the Christian daily life. Throughout Scripture we see worship from David dancing before the Lord to Jesus rejoicing in the Spirit.

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.

If you have the capacity to be more than one thing , do everything that's inside of you.

We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.

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

Real value isn't in what you own, drive, wear or live. The greater value is found in love and life, health and strength, friends and family!

Stress and worry is a residual of relying on yourself and being your own god, in control of everything. Worship allows us to rely on God's power to steer us through life.