Quotes from T. D. Jakes

If you can disappoint yourself as much as you love yourself and you still manage to disappoint yourself then why are you shocked when other people that you love disappoint you.

To be unforgiving is like to drink poison and wait for someone else to die!! Rev. TD Jakes (have I said how much I love ya!)

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.

I'm not particularly political. I'm not particularly denominational. I'm not worried about any of that.

Sometimes we're so busy trying to get things and at the end of the day, all we need is love.

I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.

I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.

The thing that binds us together is the commonality of our dreams, not our skin tone.

If you think down, you will go down. If you think up, you will go up. You'll always travel in the direction of your thinking.

In the midst of the shopping and the wrapping and the arranging of presents under your tree this Christmas, may you not forget the gifts you cannot yet hold in your hands.

The critic is a prisoner to his own experiences and perspectives, erroneously believing his limited experiences are the sum of all truth

When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.

Unforgiveness denies the victim the possibility of parole and leaves them stuck in the prison of what was, incarcerating them in their trauma and relinquishing the chance to escape beyond the pain.

You have to knock on doors. You can't keep your dreams a secret. You have to put them out there on display and people can say whatever they want but keep on pointing your actions towards your dreams.

Faith becomes a bridge between where I am and where I want to go- it is a substance.

Nobody wants to stand behind a parked car. You got to always follow somebody who keeps it moving.

As a Christian, Christ died so that we will have eternal life in Him in Heaven. What it looks like doesn't matter, what it smells like doesn't matter, as long as Christ is there it will be Heaven to me.

I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.

I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.

Put the greatest emphasis on what's in you; your knowledge, your wisdom, your inner strength, your character, your tenacity and people will look through the box and always walk away with the product.

Faith is your anchor and sustainer in the new season. Faith that the one who called us is faithful. Faith helps you see in the dark. And when you feel like you can't see, Faith steadies your heart to trust what you know. What is true.

Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes.

The lifting up of the woman does not require the tearing down of the man. In fact, a strong woman appreciates a strong man. Conversely, a strong man is not intimidated by a strong woman.

How can we teach our children to respect Black women if Black women don't respect Black women?