Helping other people Quotes by T. D. Jakes

You can't just be a recipient of a blessing, you have to do something to make it happen.

— 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.

— T. D. Jakes

Set the goal to harvest what's in you rather than having a car, house or a relationship.

— T. D. Jakes

Excellence requires discomfort.

— 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.

— 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…

— 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…

— T. D. Jakes

Worry worships the words of the enemy

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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…

— T. D. Jakes

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

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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…

— 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.

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You don't know how much you've grown- until trouble comes back for an encore.

— 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…

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

— T. D. Jakes