--- title: "1 Hammered Quotes By T. D. Jakes" description: "1 Hammered quotes by T. D. Jakes. Plus more from T. D. Jakes and more Hammered sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/t-d-jakes-1544_anvils_when-you-leave-the-familiar-and-enter-th_3047954.png" --- > [When you leave the familiar and enter the unknown, your fear becomes refined by experience and hammered into tools of survival on the anvil of anxiety.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/when-you-leave-the-familiar-and-enter-the-unknown-your-fear-becomes/) [T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/t-d-jakes-1544_anvils_when-you-leave-the-familiar-and-enter-th_3047954.png) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hammered/t-d-jakes/#itemlist", "name": "1 Hammered Quotes By T. D. Jakes", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you leave the familiar and enter the unknown, your fear becomes refined by experience and hammered into tools of survival on the anvil of anxiety.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "T. D. 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