131 T. D. Jakes Quotes for You to Enjoy

T. D. Jakes

American Clergyman

Born: Jun 9, 1957

Church Forgiveness Me People Think You

Related authors: Billy Graham Charles R. Swindoll Henry Ward Beecher Jim Elliot Joel Osteen John C. Maxwell Norman Vincent Peale Thomas S. Monson

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. T. D. Jakes

Cancer Skin Detection Discord

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. T. D. Jakes

Learning Inspire Given Empowers

Listen, God can’t bless what you won’t do. You haven’t been taught correctly. Prosperity doesn’t just come from giving an offering. It’s good to be a giver. But you must also be a thinker, a planner, and a worker. T. D. Jakes

God Prosperity Bless Offering Worker Planner Thinker

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. T. D. Jakes

Faith Responsibility Important Substance

If you stick your head in the sand and ignore things that you have the power to change, you can’t blame anyone when they don’t turn out right! T. D. Jakes

Blame Power Ignore

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. T. D. Jakes

Hurt Adult Children Pains

Regardless of the obstacle in your life, there is a wind from God that can bring you out. Let the wind of the Lord blow down every spirit of fear and heaviness that would cause you to give up on what God has promised you. T. D. Jakes

God Promised Obstacle Lord

Could it be that we allow the conditions in our lives to distract us from the meaning of our lives? T. D. Jakes

Meaning Of Life Conditions Lives

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! T. D. Jakes

God Problem Remember Prescription

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

Life Mistakes Giants Daunting Failures Slay

One of the great healing balms of the Holy Spirit is forgiveness. To forgive is to break the link between you and your past. T. D. Jakes

Forgiveness Balm Forget The Past Forgive Holy Spirit

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. T. D. Jakes

Regret Win Christian Cage

God will not let your needs and wants go unattended, especially when you desire to be more like Him. T. D. Jakes

God Unattended Desire

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. T. D. Jakes

Success Instinct Enhance Satisfaction

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. T. D. Jakes

Martyr Heal Self-Sacrifice Disdain Dying Esteem

If you don’t invest in you, you’ll soon find that no one else will, either. T. D. Jakes

Invest

Be strong enough to stand up again, even after haters make you drop to your knees. T. D. Jakes

Haters Be Strong Knees Stand Up

Unfortunately, many of us often spend our lives doing what we were trained to do. Some do what they were asked to do. And most of us do what others need us to do. And all the while, we wonder why the feeling of fulfillment eludes us. T. D. Jakes

Eludes Spend Our Lives Fulfillment Lives

Nobody likes hard times, but it’s the unpleasant experiences that are often the catalysts to build the character required for our Destiny. T. D. Jakes

Destiny Unpleasant Catalyst Experiences Hard Times

If you can dream it, you can achieve it. The secret to recapturing our dreams is to enjoy the pursuit of the dream, rather than to focus on the outcome. T. D. Jakes

Achieve Focus Dream It Outcome Pursuit

Challenge your fears! Find your potential. T. D. Jakes

Challenge Fears Potential

Don’t lose your dignity and self-respect trying to make people love and appreciate you, when they just aren’t capable. T. D. Jakes

Self-Respect Dignity Incapable Appreciate

If you succeed at loving imperfect people, then it becomes plausible that somebody could love imperfect you. T. D. Jakes

Love Imperfect Succeed Plausible

Some people are so poor, the only thing they got is money. T. D. Jakes

Money Poor

Surround yourself with people you want to be like. T. D. Jakes

People Surround Yourself Surround

We all set out to make a difference in the world, but the first step is to achieve the less lofty goal of changing your own world. T. D. Jakes

Achieve Changing The World Difference

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