T. D. Jakes People Quotations

Much like the removal of moles and skin lesions is done to prevent them from growing into more serious skin abnormalities, removing minor discord before it becomes a calamity is an important use of our time. Most people don’t like to make waves and they swallow frustration and bury true feelings, not wanting to compromise temporary tranquility, never realizing that massive turmoil doesn’t start out massive—it grows beneath the skin like a cancer that could have been avoided with early detection.

When people walk away from you, let them go. Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you, and it doesn't mean they are bad people. It just means that their part in your story is over.

If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.

I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.

I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.

I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.

I think most people who get into their 50s reassess what made sense and what didn't make sense.

One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.

And another thing is that I think as a church whenever we become politically driven, we alienate at least 50 percent of the people that God called us to reach with our political orientations.

The myth of the poor Jesus needs to be destroyed, because it's holding people back.

I'm having an amazing time teaching through the lives of people much like Jesus did.

I was looking for excellence in any color or gender it comes in. Some of my top people are African American but not all of them.

You have to knock on doors. You can't keep your dreams a secret. You have to put them out there on display and people can say whatever they want but keep on pointing your actions towards your dreams.

Once you have confidence in your instincts, you must never allow other people's refusal to believe, or their data to refute, what you instinctively know is true.

We are the people that we have been waiting for and no one else is coming.

Some young ladies are so starved for male approval that what should be a normal attraction to men is accelerated into an obsessive need for male affirmation. Tragically, these dear ladies allow themselves to be devoured in the arms of men who have neither regard not respect for them as people.

All over this nation, all over this world there are people going to church today and they say they are believers, but until you can take what you've been taught and bring it to the place you gave up - you will never be the radical believer that you need to be for the times in which we live.

Put the greatest emphasis on what's in you; your knowledge, your wisdom, your inner strength, your character, your tenacity and people will look through the box and always walk away with the product.

If you can learn to love the imperfect people in your family then it's possible that someone can learn to love a imperfect you.

I think the thing that people do wrong today is that they pray for external validation.

Contentment comes when you find the people, places, and events in life you were created to impact.

You don't have to sin to be carnal. People who are carnal just means they make all their decisions based on their senses.

If you can disappoint yourself as much as you love yourself and you still manage to disappoint yourself then why are you shocked when other people that you love disappoint you.

When people can walk away from you: Let them walk.

Big ideas come from forward thinking people who challenge the norm, think outside the box, and invent the world they see inside rather than submitting to the limitations of current dilemmas

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 how much they digest. We cannot make people mature.

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 expect to have that kind of intimate relationship with people who only know you publicly. Do not seek to be understood by the world.

I think many people have an illusion of success based on entering in at a level that's higher than their experiences.

There’s something you learn from helping other people with their dreams that prepares you for your own.

Some of the best people with whom you can have a relationship are the people who challenge your thinking.

God is a businessman. He is not going to do business with someone who shows no sign of potential return. He invests in people who demonstrate an ability to handle what He has given them.

Timing is so important! If you are going to be successful in dance, you must be able to respond to rhythm and timing. It's the same in the Spirit. People who don't understand God's timing can become spiritually spastic, trying to make the right things happen at the wrong time. They don't get His rhythm - and everyone can tell they are out of step. They birth things prematurely, threatening the very lives of their God-given dreams.

Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.