Top quotes by T. D. Jakes

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. Votes: 31

There are no college courses to build up self-esteem or high school or elementary school. If you don't get those values at a early age, nurtured in your home, you don't get them. Votes: 31

We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges. Votes: 28

The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny. Votes: 23

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. Votes: 23

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. Votes: 19

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. Votes: 17

If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues. Votes: 17

When people walk away from you, let them go. Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you, and it doesn't mean they are bad people. It just means that their part in your story is over. Votes: 16

I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry. Votes: 15

When my father died, I had a real experience with Christ, a real conversion with Christ and I had it in a Oneness church. Votes: 15

We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive. Votes: 15

You are no stronger than your belief system. Votes: 15

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. Votes: 13

Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe. Votes: 12

I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died. Votes: 12

I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me. Votes: 12

When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually. Votes: 12

There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation. Votes: 10

My father was a Methodist and my mother was a Baptist. Votes: 10

I think that my preaching style and many of my ideas and ideals about faith are based in both Pentecostal and Baptist background. Votes: 9

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. Votes: 9

So though there are many things I would have done differently, I submit to God's sovereignty and His purpose in my life and I thank Him that He brought me the way He brought me and gave me what He gave me when He thought I could handle it. Votes: 9

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives. Votes: 7

My first church had seven members in it, and I have to remember, the rent was $225 a month and I worked for Union Carbide and took the check I made from work to pay for the rent to keep the church open. Votes: 7

It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do. Votes: 7

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past. Votes: 6

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. Votes: 5

No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God! Votes: 3

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. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 0

One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary storm.. No matter how raging the billows are today, remind yourself: "This too shall pass!" Votes: 0

Faith must always pass the test of discouragement. Votes: 0

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 Votes: 0

All over this nation, all over this world there are people going to church today and they say they are believers, but until you can take what you've been taught and bring it to the place you gave up - you will never be the radical believer that you need to be for the times in which we live. Votes: 0

Worship strengthens you. It gives you a sense of God's presence and ultimately His protection and provision. Votes: 0

Your greatest failure will precede your greatest success. Votes: 0

It's the gymnasium of life where you get the workout, the resistance, and you find out things about yourself that you didn't know. Votes: 0

Ya'll don't hear what I'm preaching. I'm preaching so good I'm about to 'Amen' myself! Oh!...Oh God! I'm preaching good! Hallelujah! Votes: 0

There is a higher power, a higher influence, a God who rules and reigns and controls circumstances and situations that are beyond your area and realm of authority. Votes: 0

Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes. Votes: 0

The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God. Votes: 0

Its not over, until the Lord says its over. Votes: 0

Nobody wants to stand behind a parked car. You got to always follow somebody who keeps it moving. Votes: 0

To those of us who often procrastinate on the decision we feel intimidated by lack of education or any area of weakness. I relieve you with this statement: It is not how much you know that arms you with the tools of great decision making, but rather how much you ask. Ask questions. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything and everyone more important that ourselves and think that meeting their needs is more important than meeting our own. But if you run out of gas, everyone riding with you will be left stranded. Votes: 0

But I think my mistakes became the chemistry for my miracles. I think that my tests became my testimonies. Votes: 0

Know when your space is too small for you...and you have to birthed to the next level! Votes: 0

Don't allow your past or present condition to control you. It's just a process that you're going through to get you to the next level. Votes: 0

Faith will get in the ditch with you, faith will go in the prison with you, faith will go into divorce court with you, faith will go in the hospital with you, faith will go in the nursing home with you. Votes: 0

Sometimes what makes us insecure and vulnerable becomes the fuel we need to be overachievers. The antidote for a snakebite is made from the poison, and the thing that made you go backward is the same force that will push you forward. Votes: 0

You don't even have to be the one praying, but if you get around somebody who really know how to pray-prayer will lift you when you've fallen, prayer will catch you when you've lost your grip, prayer will stop you from going overboard, prayer will bring you out! Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If you can't figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

a setback is a setup for a comeback Votes: 0

I don't think that you can let the storms of life overwhelm you. When you do that, you are no better than the craziness that caused you to be under attack. Votes: 0

Come hell or high water you will never take me back to the place I was before. I have been through too much to let life whoop me again. My faith is stronger than it's ever been, my mind is more tenacious than it's ever been, my soul is more absolute. Votes: 0

Never make a permanent decision about a temporary situation. Votes: 0

Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion. Votes: 0

I'm not walking by sight- I'm, walking by faith Votes: 0

No matter where you are in life right now, know this: God put you on this earth to fulfill the promise He has predestined for your life. Votes: 0

Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development. Votes: 0

I'm not particularly political. I'm not particularly denominational. I'm not worried about any of that. Votes: 0

I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody. Votes: 0

A church that focuses on the external has lost its passion for souls. Votes: 0

A lot of can't deal with life because they lack the patience to become who they want to be.... Everything happens by process. If you don't go through the process to get it, you don't have the power to keep it. Votes: 0

All of us have not been to a natural prison, but everybody in here has had a spiritual prison. Votes: 0

Any great teacher is a great student. Votes: 0

Arrogance always destroys opportunity Votes: 0

As much as it pleases God to bless you, there will be moments when everything you try goes up in smoke. There will be moments when the one you counted on most walks away and leaves you groping through blinding tears and wailing questions of why. Plans and goals can be circumvented by the most disappointing of times, leaving you learning the art of patience and the acceptance of a denied request. Votes: 0

As the old African adage says, 'everybody skin to me ain't kin to me'. So you can't exclusively make that the criteria of your job selection and say that it's right when it's black and discrimination when it's white. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Basic Instincts It's the way mother birds build nests, and build them high enough to elude Votes: 0

Being angry is human. Staying angry is foolish. Votes: 0

Besides, Jesus was a rich man. He had to have been, in order to have supported his disciples and their families during his ministry. Votes: 0

Blame unto others only as you would first blame yourself. Votes: 0

Both success and struggle are different kinds of trauma. Votes: 0

Church only benefits you when you participate in the presence of God. Votes: 0

Comfort is the enemy of creativity. Votes: 0

Contentment comes when you find the people, places, and events in life you were created to impact. Votes: 0

Don't come into the presence of God to impress Him with something He gave you! Votes: 0

Don't get stuck on small. Don't stop dreaming, reaching and enhancing what you have. Votes: 0

Don't try to change the package more than you try and change the product. Votes: 0

Eagles fly where lesser birds cannot fly, so eagles can do what lesser birds cannot do. Votes: 0

Either your troubles make you better, or they make you bitter. We must always examine what's going on in our hearts. Votes: 0

Even when things are getting worse instead of better - I believe God! Votes: 0

Every goal that you will ever pursue will require a plan of action. Whether you are pursuing your life's destiny or striving to obtain a particular goal, you must be able to see things as you desire them to be. Votes: 0

Every major move in my life was done instinctively. Votes: 0

Excellence requires discomfort. Votes: 0

Face the giants in your life, slay them, and move on. Do not be daunted by the mistakes and failures in your life. Votes: 0

Faith becomes a bridge between where I am and where I want to go- it is a substance. Votes: 0

Faith becomes the foundation I'm built on. Votes: 0

Faith is the substance of whatever it is that we hope for. The important thing is that we teach that faith is connected to good works and responsibility. Votes: 0

Focus on your accomplishments , not your failures. Votes: 0

Forgive others so that you may be forgiven. Votes: 0

Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself Votes: 0

God gives you the resources for success. But it is up to you to recognize them and use them to their fullest. Votes: 0

God has invested entirely too much in you for you to be comfortable in anything less than you were created to be. Votes: 0

God is a businessman. He is not going to do business with someone who shows no sign of potential return. He invests in people who demonstrate an ability to handle what He has given them. Votes: 0

God is not preparing the Blessing for YOU, He is preparing YOU for the Blessing Votes: 0

God will give you anything as long as you understand that he is the primary and not the secondary. Votes: 0

God's grace and mercy have brought you through. Quit acting as if you made it on your own. Votes: 0

God's grace is painted on the canvas of despair. Votes: 0

God's not going to promote you because you have a dream, He's going to promote you because you've maximized where you are so now you're ready to go to the next level. Votes: 0

Greatness is contagious...You'll catch it if you get around it. Votes: 0

How can we teach our children to respect Black women if Black women don't respect Black women? Votes: 0

How you think about your opportunities determines how you will act on them. Votes: 0

I believe God promotes you when you graduate from the level that you're on. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I came to serve notice on the devil- he is a liar! Votes: 0

I can give you the tools to reach the dreams you have inside. Votes: 0

I can never experience the next realm of glory until I crucify myself. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I don't care how cheap the box is that you put a diamond ring in, nothing about the box diminishes the value of the content. Votes: 0

I don't care how fancy you wrap trash, it's still trash. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I fully intend to preach the word of God to you until there's a difference between how you walk out of here and how you walked in here. Votes: 0

I grew up in hospitals. My father was sick. So I grew up in hospitals from the age of 10. Got to see a lot of suffering. Votes: 0

I have certain standards for myself so if something drops beneath that standard or if the opportunity doesn't fit who I am authentically at my core - I don't invest time where my brand isn't respected or where what I have to offer isn't appreciated. Votes: 0

I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it. Votes: 0

I probably take a pretty traditional view about hell. I'm not very contemporary in terms of that. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I think being a good Christian father, your responsibility varies with the age and the stage that your children are at. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I think its good to worship as a family but its also important to worship as an individual. Votes: 0

I think it's important that when you're bringing something to the table that you're sure has value, that you don't diminish yourself just so that you can have an opportunity. Votes: 0

I think many people have an illusion of success based on entering in at a level that's higher than their experiences. Votes: 0

I think that it's unfortunate that we have allowed politics to use theology to hit areas that we sincerely want to support. But I think that they are using us to some degree because they are using what concerns us to isolate us. Votes: 0

I think that Jesus is the product. Votes: 0

I think the thing that people do wrong today is that they pray for external validation. Votes: 0

I think we have to find a leader who reflects all of our concerns and not just some of them. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I wasn't looking out, I was looking in. I knew something was in me, I just wasn't sure how valuable it was. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I would tell your generation, wherever you are on the totem poll - whether you're halfway there or at the bottom, don't despise small beginnings; small beginnings get you ready for great things. Votes: 0

If only we could realize that our purpose is to be caretakers. We are responsible for leading our flock to the place where the grass is green, but it is up to them to eat! We cannot be responsible for how much they digest. We cannot make people mature. Votes: 0

If someone must be hurt, if it ever becomes necessary to bear pains, weather strong winds, or withstand trials or opposition, let it be adults and not children. Votes: 0

If you already understand your purpose, are you prepared to change your plans to match God's will? If you aren't, you can easily become bitter because things that used to work for you may no longer work. Be willing to transition at every stage and age of life. If your heart is open and you have an open mind, the blessings will flow. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If you don't find a way to love a flawed person, secretly you're teaching yourself that you are not lovable because of your flaws. Votes: 0

If you dont like the way your life is going, redesign it. Redeem the years you lost. Restore your vision, revive your passion for living, and reclaim what was dormant inside of you. I cannot give you the dream but I can give you the tools to reach the dreams you have inside. Votes: 0

If you have achieved any level of success, then pour it into someone else. Success is not success without a successor. Votes: 0

If you have the capacity to be more than one thing , do everything that's inside of you. Votes: 0

If you have the FAITH to believe it, you have the POWER to conceive it! Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If you're gifted enough, nappy hair, gap teeth, acne face - I don't care what it is, greatness will shine through anything! Votes: 0

Ignorance is brought about by assumption. Votes: 0

I'll give you some symptoms of a sign that your faith is deteriorating-whenever you face all of your problems and you trust only your plans to get you out-it is a sign that your faith is deteriorating. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm having an amazing time teaching through the lives of people much like Jesus did. Votes: 0

I'm so pleased to see us talking gender specific messages that are focusing on men on a way I think it needs to be focused in on and I think it's important. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Instead of loaves of bread, many times God gives out handfuls of purpose. Votes: 0

Instilling values of faith at an early age is important. Votes: 0

Instilling values of faith at an early age is important. Listening them through adolescence comes more important than teaching because if you haven't instilled in them at early ages now it's time to listen and get your report card and let them find their way and then as an adult let them stand aside. Votes: 0

Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds. Each new season of life offers to train us for the next season if we pay attention and adapt. Votes: 0

Isn't it funny how something that will later be a blessing can be a curse if you get it too soon. Votes: 0

It does matter where you go to church, it does matter where you worship, it does matter where you lift your head, it does matter where you cry out to God. There is something about the atmosphere. I might be lame, but put me in the atmosphere. I may be drunk, but put me in the atmosphere. I may be weak, but put me in the atmosphere. Votes: 0

It is enough to be responsible for ensuring that our people have the opportunity to graze in the rich grass of God's nutritious word. Beyond that, we must trust the word to take it's effect. It will work faster in some people than in others. the spiritual body grows and metabolizes food at different rates much like the natural body does. Votes: 0

It is God's objective to make your condition line up with your position. Votes: 0

It is important to remember that for every person, there will be a problem. Even more importantly, for every problem, our God has a prescription! Votes: 0

It is possible for you to get a grip on the thing that used to have a grip on you. And instead of it controlling you- you are now controlling it. Votes: 0

It is the breaking of life that produces the blessing of life, Votes: 0

It's a culture shock to go from obscurity to notoriety in a flash. Its more to it than talent and money; its pressure, stress, enemies, critics; you have to develop relationships and a team. There are all of these things that go along with taking a leap and following your dreams. Votes: 0

It's better to gather in righteousness than fellowship with darkness. Votes: 0

It's better to wait for something that respects you than to go in so low that it diminishes what you've worked for. Votes: 0

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 Votes: 0

May the passion to be all that God wants you to be sweep across your soul like a gentle breeze. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Much like the removal of moles and skin lesions is done to prevent them from growing into more serious skin abnormalities, removing minor discord before it becomes a calamity is an important use of our time. Most people don't like to make waves and they swallow frustration and bury true feelings, not wanting to compromise temporary tranquility, never realizing that massive turmoil doesn't start out massive—it grows beneath the skin like a cancer that could have been avoided with early detection. Votes: 0

My children are now adults and just kind of guide them while they allow you to have input in their lives without controlling them the way you did when they were toddlers. These are good steps to use for fathers at each step of their children's lives. Votes: 0

My church is fifty percent millennials. There's a connectivity between millennials and I. Votes: 0

My mother would take the Band-Aid off, clean the wound, and say, "Things that are covered don't heal well." Mother was right. Things that are covered do not heal well. Votes: 0

My views about hell are very traditional. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

No one keeps the container, they always keep the product. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Once again, Kirk Franklin takes the church beyond the traditional, transitioning his life's experiences into life lessons. Clearly there is more to this man than great music. You will feel the beat of his heart and faith. Votes: 0

Once you have confidence in your instincts, you must never allow other people's refusal to believe, or their data to refute, what you instinctively know is true. Votes: 0

One of the great healing balms of the Holy Spirit is forgiveness. To forgive is to break the link between you and your past. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Progress apart from purpose ends in arrogance. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Real value isn't in what you own, drive, wear or live. The greater value is found in love and life, health and strength, friends and family! Votes: 0

Salvation is the root-the resurrection is the fruit. Votes: 0

Set the goal to harvest what's in you rather than having a car, house or a relationship. Votes: 0

Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication. Votes: 0

Some of the best people with whom you can have a relationship are the people who challenge your thinking. Votes: 0

Some young ladies are so starved for male approval that what should be a normal attraction to men is accelerated into an obsessive need for male affirmation. Tragically, these dear ladies allow themselves to be devoured in the arms of men who have neither regard not respect for them as people. Votes: 0

Somebody is n the hospital begging God for the opportunity u have right now. Step into your moment. Votes: 0

Sometimes we esteem others more important than ourselves. We always become the martyr. It is wonderful to be self-sacrificing, but watch out for self-disdain! If we don't apply some of the medicine that we use on others to strengthen ourselves, our patients will be healed and we will be dying. Votes: 0

Sometimes we're so busy trying to get things and at the end of the day, all we need is love. Votes: 0

Stop watering things that were never meant to grow in your life. Water what works, what's good, what's right. Stop playing around with those dead bones and stuff you can't fix, its over...leave it alone! You're coming into a season of greatness. If you water what's alive and divine, you will see harvest like you've never seen before. Stop wasting water on dead issues, dead relationships, dead people, a dead past. No matter how much you water concrete, you can't grow a garden. Votes: 0

Success is never an accident it's always on purpose. Votes: 0

Success is not success without a successor. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The brilliance of morning is in sharp contrast with the darkness of night" - Woman thou art loosed Votes: 0

The challenge of the believer is to take the faith that you got in here and take it to the place out there. Votes: 0

The critic is a prisoner to his own experiences and perspectives, erroneously believing his limited experiences are the sum of all truth Votes: 0

The dream God gives you guarantees, no matter what it looks like now, when it's all over, your dream will come to pass. Votes: 0

The enemy doesn't care how many days you live as long as you don't live in the days you have. Votes: 0

The greater the battle - the greater the spoils. Votes: 0

The Hell of Regret He who wins the race cannot run with the pack. And once you get out you can't come back, because caged lions don't mate with free ones! If ever you are going to win, you must forsake the social construct of the cage and all the cage dwellers. Votes: 0

The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment. Votes: 0

The methodologies are always different but the message should be the same. Votes: 0

The most dangerous thing in the world is to have no purpose. Votes: 0

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 Votes: 0

The myth of the poor Jesus needs to be destroyed, because it's holding people back. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The pursuit of your life is to come into [your] purpose. And the waste of your life is to miss that purpose. Votes: 0

The real harvest of life is the outworking of the internal. If there's nothing in there, there's nothing to work out. Votes: 0

The right thing at the wrong time will lead to failure. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The thing that binds us together is the commonality of our dreams, not our skin tone. Votes: 0

The thing that I've most enjoyed is what I'm learning. Votes: 0

The traditional churches are having to transition into new methodologies and new ways of reaching people and they are starting to understand that and looking for ways they can increase their relevance to the contemporary society. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

There are people who can walk away from you... let them walk. I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you... Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left. And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person, it just means that their part in the story is over. And you've got to know when people's part in your story is over... Votes: 0

There are rooms for traditional and contemporary and hip hop Gospel music. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

There is no room for God in a mind that's full of self. Votes: 0

There may be challenges or crosses that may have delayed your goals temporarily, but now it's time to move forward. Votes: 0

There's something you learn from helping other people with their dreams that prepares you for your own. Votes: 0

There's a connectivity between your generation, my ministry and who I am as a person. Votes: 0

Thinking is the first step to a revolution in your life that is incredibly significant. Votes: 0

Timing is so important! If you are going to be successful in dance, you must be able to respond to rhythm and timing. It's the same in the Spirit. People who don't understand God's timing can become spiritually spastic, trying to make the right things happen at the wrong time. They don't get His rhythm - and everyone can tell they are out of step. They birth things prematurely, threatening the very lives of their God-given dreams. Votes: 0

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!) Votes: 0

We are the people that we have been waiting for and no one else is coming. Votes: 0

We have a tendency to want the other person to be a finished product while we give ourselves the grace to evolve. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

We pay far too much attention to externals. Votes: 0

We should still pray. We have no other authority but to pray. Votes: 0

What woman would not appreciate a God who becomes her attorney, assumes her case, requires no fee, and wins her the victory? Votes: 0

What you can do is embrace what you have right now and to allow it to fill the vacancies of what you didn't get yesterday. Votes: 0

When God blesses you, don't let no devil in hell move you out of your place of blessing! Votes: 0

When it comes to bringing an idea that God has given you to fruition, don't wait for it to happen again, you have to get out there and make it happen. Votes: 0

When Jesus says, 'Take, eat. This is my body that was broken for you,' He says, I want my body in you. (Pause. . . shouts and claps) I want my blood in you. And every time you celebrate this rite, it is a reminder that you belong to me, and I belong to you. And he said, 'I will drink no more wine until I drink it new with you and the kingdom of God. Communion is the most romantic ordinance. Eh, Eh, Eh. (He laughs. Pause. . . the audience shouts and claps.) It is the most romantic ordinance between two lovers. Votes: 0

When people can walk away from you: Let them walk. Votes: 0

When there's no turning back, your instincts will lead you forward. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

When you are talking about moral issues you are talking about same-sex marriage, which has been relegated over to the states. It's no longer a federal issue and yet, we are dealing with it like it's a federal issue but for a large degree it has become a state issue. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

When you can't do nothing but pray-you've done a whole lot. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

When You Hold Onto Your History, You Do It At The Expense Of Your Destiny. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

When you start talking about same-sex marriage, you start talking about abortion, and I think those issues are very very important and very interesting and very right for us to talk about, but when we allow those issues to cannibalize all other issues we find ourselves homeless while we debate about it. Votes: 0

When you were built to be tall, you will endanger your position if you lower your perspective Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Worry worships the words of the enemy Votes: 0

Worship plays a major role in the Christian daily life. Throughout Scripture we see worship from David dancing before the Lord to Jesus rejoicing in the Spirit. Votes: 0

Worship, from the Latin word meaning "worth-ship", is where we express God's worth to us in our lives. Votes: 0

You are just one idea away from what you sow in your brains, in your prophecies that God spoke over your life. You're one idea away. You are not waiting on God - God is waiting on you! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to go on and on about that. I have this stuff in me and I have no place to release it to you because sometimes church people are so spiritual they make me nauseous, because they expect God to do everything. Votes: 0

You are no greater than what you believe. Votes: 0

You can teach what you know, but you can only reproduce what you are. Votes: 0

You can wreck your future running from your past. Votes: 0

You cannot be a Big person with a Small heart Votes: 0

You cannot change what you will not confront. Votes: 0

You cannot embrace your destiny if you do not let go of your history. Votes: 0

You cannot have a private relationship in a public arena. You must look to an inner circle of people who really know you. Don't expect to have that kind of intimate relationship with people who only know you publicly. Do not seek to be understood by the world. Votes: 0

You cannot have victory without conflict. Votes: 0

You can't be who you are going to be and who you used to be at the same time. Votes: 0

You can't have healing without sickness. Votes: 0

You can't just be a recipient of a blessing, you have to do something to make it happen. Votes: 0

You don't have to be in church service to worship, you can be in your own home. You enhance your spirituality, through the instrument of worship, when you really connect with the invisible, almighty God. Votes: 0

You don't have to sin to be carnal. People who are carnal just means they make all their decisions based on their senses. Votes: 0

You don't know how much you've grown- until trouble comes back for an encore. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

You must realize that if you are going to reach the heights you have been called to reach, you may elicit some criticism from those who are jealous, petty or angry because they were left behind. Votes: 0

You shouldn't shoot at every opportunity that passes by. Votes: 0

You will never understand pleasure without pain. Votes: 0

You'd be surprised at the things that look great on the outside but are dysfunctional on the inside. Be sure to function as good as you look Votes: 0

Your latter days are supposed to be greater than your former days. Votes: 0

Your words will tell others what you think. Your actions will tell them what you believe. Votes: 0