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T. D. Jakes

(1957) Priest

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T. D. Jakes is a priest.

Quick Facts About T. D. Jakes

Born: June 9, 1957
Profession: Priest

About T. D. Jakes

Thomas Dexter Jakes Sr. is an American non‑denominational Christian evangelical pastor and motivational speaker. He served as senior pastor of The Potter's House, a megachurch in Dallas, Texas, from 1996 until 2025. His church services and evangelistic sermons are broadcast to a wide audience.

Quotes by T. D. Jakes · Page 2

Success is not success without a successor.

Divine

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You will never understand pleasure without pain.

Inspirational

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My views about hell are very traditional.

Hell

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Your greatest failure will precede your greatest success.

Failure

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Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself

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I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.

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

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

Accident

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

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

Child

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I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I…

Giving

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

Connectivity

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

Age

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

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

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I think that the church has to develop its own agenda, and not allow itself to be consumed by either party to…

Chagrin

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As the old African adage says, 'everybody skin to me ain't kin to me'. So you can't exclusively make that the criteria…

Adages

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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…

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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,…

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I fully intend to preach the word of God to you until there's a difference between how you walk out of here…

Christianity

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I don't care how cheap the box is that you put a diamond ring in, nothing about the box diminishes the value…

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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…

Children

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The lifting up of the woman does not require the tearing down of the man. In fact, a strong woman appreciates a…

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It is enough to be responsible for ensuring that our people have the opportunity to graze in the rich grass of God's…

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Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything and everyone more important that ourselves and think that meeting their needs…

Esteem

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You don't even have to be the one praying, but if you get around somebody who really know how to pray-prayer will…

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The standard is the standard and whomever walks in the door at the time I need a person in that position who…

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When you start talking about same-sex marriage, you start talking about abortion, and I think those issues are very very important and…

Abortion

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Stop watering things that were never meant to grow in your life. Water what works, what's good, what's right. Stop playing around…

Alive

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It's a culture shock to go from obscurity to notoriety in a flash. Its more to it than talent and money; its…

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I have certain standards for myself so if something drops beneath that standard or if the opportunity doesn't fit who I am…

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Excellence requires discomfort.

Discomfort

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

Inspirational

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

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We should still pray. We have no other authority but to pray.

Authority

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Comfort is the enemy of creativity.

Comfort

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

Opportunity

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Ignorance is brought about by assumption.

Assumption

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Every major move in my life was done instinctively.

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T. D. Jakes by topic

Inspirational (50) People (36) Thinking (28) Love (25) Life (25) Religion (16) Church (15) Giving (14) Time (13) Forgiveness (12) Dream (12) Faith (10) Dreams (10) Divine (10)