T. D. Jakes Quotes

The myth of the poor Jesus needs to be destroyed, because it's holding people back.

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.

Never make a permanent decision about a temporary situation.

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.

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

When we are placed in a set of circumstances where we have to take initiative and be creative, some of us find it hard to transition. Those people have been trained not to think but to obey orders. They are slaves to the training, unconsciously pledging allegiance to the average. Mentally they recite from the manual of mediocrity.

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

When you're living by instinct, then you will naturally enhance everything and everyone around you. In other words, success will come naturally! When both your intellect and instincts are aligned, then producing the fruits of your labors brings satisfaction beyond measure.

Not everyone will be happy when you begin to better yourself. Those who are for you will not just celebrate in your triumphs, but they will also pray with you through your tribulations.

God gives you the resources for success. But it is up to you to recognize them and use them to their fullest.

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

I think if we don't fix the economy and if we don't fix foreign policy, we won't have the luxury of dealing with domestic issues that may be important to Christians but we have to understand that in my view, we've taken our eyes off the ball a bit.

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.

The standard is the standard and whomever walks in the door at the time I need a person in that position who can do that job with excellence and who understands my vision, if they can fulfill it, they got the job whether they're young, old, black, white, male or female.

We have gotten so nuanced into social issues that we fail to understand that China is buying up America, we have fallen into debt in such a pervasive way that social security is compromised, we are living longer than we lived before and in order to secure the kind of healthcare that we need without the deficits on our budget, we need really strong leadership that is focused only on the plethora of issues and not just the traditional concerns that have driven us to the ballot box.

I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.

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

If you have the FAITH to believe it, you have the POWER to conceive it!

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

What woman would not appreciate a God who becomes her attorney, assumes her case, requires no fee, and wins her the victory?

The most dangerous thing in the world is to have no purpose.

The challenge of the believer is to take the faith that you got in here and take it to the place out there.

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.

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

When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to inhale new air until you exhale the old.

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

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.

Big ideas come from forward thinking people who challenge the norm, think outside the box, and invent the world they see inside rather than submitting to the limitations of current dilemmas

As we forge deeper into this issue of forgiveness, we must be prepared to open up and discuss things that bother us before they escalate to a crisis level. We must examine our struggles with forgiveness in which there are not overt offenses or blatant betrayals. I'm convinced that seeds of resentment take root in the silent frustrations that never get discussed. Other people cannot read our minds--or our palms!--and that is why we have tongues to speak.

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

You are no stronger than your belief system.

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

Most of what I have seen, the churches that are growing are the best are those that are nondenominational. But I don't think it's because they are nondenominational. I think that there's a certain method by which they go about reaching out to people that are not as traditional as your mainland churches generally do.

When you don’t become fixated on winning the prize or appearing successful, and instead pursue your passions, then you will discover the fulfillment that comes from living by instinct.

I think, when we start dealing with heaven or hell issues, what we really need to gravitate toward is that man is an eternal spirit. And if you believe that he is an eternal spirit then all it does, it abandons the body.

The New Birth church is a church unto itself who has a board and it has a membership. How they choose to handle their leadership issues it's not something that we can control regardless of which side you stay on that issue. It is their church issue and their responsibility and their response. And I'm saying what I always said that we should just keep on praying for the New Birth church family.

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

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.

Baptism was to put a line of demarcation between your past sins when you are buried with Him by Baptism-you are burying your past sins-eradicating them-putting a line in the sand saying that old man is dead and he is no longer alive any more and I rise up to walk in the newness of life.

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

Faith becomes the foundation I'm built on.

Its not over, until the Lord says its over.

Nobody wants somebody who wants them for what they have or the position their in- you want somebody who wants you for you. In case it all goes crazy and it all turns to dust. I want somebody who loves me in the welfare line, eating gumbo, eating fish,black eyed peas and rice. I want somebody that loves me. God wants you to love him, not his cars, not his house, not his blessing- love him.

I'm having an amazing time teaching through the lives of people much like Jesus did.

Worship strengthens you. It gives you a sense of God's presence and ultimately His protection and provision.

It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.

I believe it is our attitude that determines our altitude. It is our attitude that allows us to soar above those things that would otherwise overcome us.

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