As the old African adage says, 'everybody skin to me ain't kin to me'. So you can't exclusively make that the criteria of your job selection and say that it's right when it's black and discrimination when it's white. — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
The standard is the standard and whomever walks in the door at the time I need a person in that position who can do that job with excellence and who understands my vision, if they can fulfill it, they got… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
You can't just be a recipient of a blessing, you have to do something to make it happen. — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Set the goal to harvest what's in you rather than having a car, house or a relationship. — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
How you think about your opportunities determines how you will act on them. — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues. — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
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