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

You can't just be a recipient of a blessing, you have to do something to make it happen.

There are some fires you can't get out of- you've got to go through the fire - you've got to go through the flood - you've got to go through the test - you've got to go through the struggle that you might decrease and he might increase.

You are no stronger than your belief system.

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

I think that the church has to develop its own agenda, and not allow itself to be consumed by either party to the chagrin of the people that we seek to serve.

The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God.