Quotes from T. D. Jakes

I think the amazing thing about gospel music is that not only does it lift up the death and resurrection of our Lord, which is consistent with the Gospel, but it is uniquely communicated depending upon the generation.

Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion.

Your latter days are supposed to be greater than your former days.

I started my ministry when I was 19, I was pastoring at 22 and I got married when I was 24, so I was building at such a young age and that fight, that dream and tenacity is still in me.

The real harvest of life is the outworking of the internal. If there's nothing in there, there's nothing to work out.

If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.

The art of avoiding extremes is an art that is drawn on the canvas of maturity and painted with the abstract strokes of many experiences.

The brilliance of morning is in sharp contrast with the darkness of night" - Woman thou art loosed

I didn't know who I was and I didn't know if what was in me was any good. But my parents taught me to believe in myself and to work until something happens.

I found out that the things that hurt us the most can become the fuel and the catalyst that propel us toward our destiny. It will either make you bitter or it will make you better.

No matter how much talent you have in your mind and spirit, if your body is not able to function, you are not able to fulfill your destiny.

I can give you the tools to reach the dreams you have inside.

Excellence requires discomfort.

I was looking for excellence in any color or gender it comes in. Some of my top people are African American but not all of them.

I'm not walking by sight- I'm, walking by faith

Faith must always pass the test of discouragement.

I think that my preaching style and many of my ideas and ideals about faith are based in both Pentecostal and Baptist background.

Instilling values of faith at an early age is important.

When my father died, I had a real experience with Christ, a real conversion with Christ and I had it in a Oneness church.

We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.

Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself

Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.

Isn't it funny how something that will later be a blessing can be a curse if you get it too soon.