Top 36 Quotes by T. D. Jakes

We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

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.

The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny.

I don't think that you can let the storms of life overwhelm you. When you do that, you are no better than the craziness that caused you to be under attack.

There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation.

I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.

But I think my mistakes became the chemistry for my miracles. I think that my tests became my testimonies.

It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.

Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the Resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.

I'm not particularly political. I'm not particularly denominational. I'm not worried about any of that.