T.D. Jakes Quotes

Surround yourself with those who won’t compete but will revel in your success and see your ascent as a reflection of their own possibilities.

There may be challenges or crosses that may have delayed your goals temporarily, but now it’s time to move forward.

If you have achieved any level of success, then pour it into someone else. Success is not success without a successor.

A whole woman will always attract a whole man. And when they touch, they will fuse to create a whole marriage. Ultimately, when the time is right, they will produce whole children.

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.

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

We have a tendency to want the other person to be a finished product while we give ourselves the grace to evolve.

When you were built to be tall, you will endanger your position if you lower your perspective

Don't come into the presence of God to impress Him with something He gave you!

The enemy doesn't care how many days you live as long as you don't live in the days you have.

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

No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God!

The right thing at the wrong time will lead to failure.

Never make a permanent decision about a temporary situation.

May the passion to be all that God wants you to be sweep across your soul like a gentle breeze.

a setback is a setup for a comeback

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

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.

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

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

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

You will never understand pleasure without pain.

Know when your space is too small for you...and you have to birthed to the next level!

The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment.

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.

You can teach what you know, but you can only reproduce what you are.

Success is never an accident it's always on purpose.

The world is a university and everyone in it is a teacher. Make sure when you wake up in the morning you go to school.

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.

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.

When people can walk away from you: Let them walk.

I wasn't trying to be rich or famous; I was trying to figure out what is this thing in me that won't let me sleep that makes me restless and makes me keep pushing. I was trying to discover who I was.

My father was a Methodist and my mother was a Baptist.

The dream God gives you guarantees, no matter what it looks like now, when it’s all over, your dream will come to pass.

Arrogance always destroys opportunity

Whenever you face obstacles, crises and dilemmas and your confidence is in your associates more than in God- it is a sign your faith is deteriorating.

When You Hold Onto Your History, You Do It At The Expense Of Your Destiny.

Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.

Ignorance is brought about by assumption.

When you leave the familiar and enter the unknown, your fear becomes refined by experience and hammered into tools of survival on the anvil of anxiety.

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

Either your troubles make you better, or they make you bitter. We must always examine what’s going on in our hearts.

The greater the battle - the greater the spoils.

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!)

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

Contentment comes when you find the people, places, and events in life you were created to impact.

You cannot be a Big person with a Small heart

God's grace is painted on the canvas of despair.

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.