I started my ministry when I was 19, I was pastoring at 22 and I got married when I was 24, so I was building at such a young age and that fight, that dream and tenacity is still in me. — 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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