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title: "2 Being responsible Quotes By T. D. Jakes"
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> [If only we could realize that our purpose is to be caretakers. We are responsible for leading our flock to the place where the grass is green, but it is up to them to eat! We cannot be responsible for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/if-only-we-could-realize-that-our-purpose-is-to-be-caretakers-we-are/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

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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 nutritious word. Beyond that, we must trust the word to take it's effect. It will work faster in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/it-is-enough-to-be-responsible-for-ensuring-that-our-people-have-the/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

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## More by T. D. Jakes

> [You can't just be a recipient of a blessing, you have to do something to make it happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/you-can-t-just-be-a-recipient-of-a-blessing-you-have-to-do-something/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

> [ The pursuit of your life is to come into \[your\] purpose. And the waste of your life is to miss that purpose. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/the-pursuit-of-your-life-is-to-come-into-your-purpose-and-the-waste/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

> [Set the goal to harvest what's in you rather than having a car, house or a relationship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/set-the-goal-to-harvest-what-s-in-you-rather-than-having-a-car-house/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

> [Excellence requires discomfort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/excellence-requires-discomfort/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

> [I wasn't looking out, I was looking in. I knew something was in me, I just wasn't sure how valuable it was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/i-wasn-t-looking-out-i-was-looking-in-i-knew-something-was-in-me-i/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

> [God's not going to promote you because you have a dream, He's going to promote you because you've maximized where you are so now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/god-s-not-going-to-promote-you-because-you-have-a-dream-he-s-going-to/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

> [You cannot have a private relationship in a public arena. You must look to an inner circle of people who really know you. Don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/you-cannot-have-a-private-relationship-in-a-public-arena-you-must/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

> [Worry worships the words of the enemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/worry-worships-the-words-of-the-enemy/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

> [I didn't know who I was and I didn't know if what was in me was any good. But my parents taught me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/i-didn-t-know-who-i-was-and-i-didn-t-know-if-what-was-in-me-was-any/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

> [How you think about your opportunities determines how you will act on them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/how-you-think-about-your-opportunities-determines-how-you-will-act-on/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

> [You are just one idea away from what you sow in your brains, in your prophecies that God spoke over your life. You're one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/you-are-just-one-idea-away-from-what-you-sow-in-your-brains-in-your/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

> [If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/if-you-learn-how-to-forgive-others-for-not-being-strong-then-people/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

> [You don't know how much you've grown- until trouble comes back for an encore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/you-don-t-know-how-much-you-ve-grown-until-trouble-comes-back-for-an/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

> [Nobody wants somebody who wants them for what they have or the position their in- you want somebody who wants you for you. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/nobody-wants-somebody-who-wants-them-for-what-they-have-or-the/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

> [May the passion to be all that God wants you to be sweep across your soul like a gentle breeze.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/may-the-passion-to-be-all-that-god-wants-you-to-be-sweep-across-your/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

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