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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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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Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
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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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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.
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I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.
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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.
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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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I think most people who get into their 50s reassess what made sense and what didn't make sense.
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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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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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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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When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.
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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 think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.
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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 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 was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.