T. D. Jakes Quotes
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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.
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We have a tendency to want the other person to be a finished product while we give ourselves the grace to evolve.
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Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.
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It's better to wait for something that respects you than to go in so low that it diminishes what you've worked for.
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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.
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It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.
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There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation.
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I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.
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We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
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I think most people who get into their 50s reassess what made sense and what didn't make sense.
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One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.
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But I think my mistakes became the chemistry for my miracles. I think that my tests became my testimonies.
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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.
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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.
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When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.
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Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes.
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I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry.
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I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I'm not particularly political. I'm not particularly denominational. I'm not worried about any of that.
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I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.
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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.