T. D. Jakes Quotes

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

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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.

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

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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

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

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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!

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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.

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Jesus said, "Woman, thou art loosed." He did not call her by name. He wasn't speaking to her just as a person. He spoke to her femininity. He spoke to the song in her. He spoke to the lace in her. Like a crumbling rose, Jesus spoke to what she could, and would, have been.

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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If someone else's apology is a prerequisite for your healing, you may never get well.

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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.

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Restoration is more than observation. It's more than looking from the safety of our television into the lives of other people, and assessing their situation from the comfort of our own luxuries and lives. We can no longer be a nation that overlooks the poor and the suffering and continues past the ghetto on our way to the Mardi Gras.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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