110+ T. D. Jakes Quotes On Letting Go, Self And Purpose

T.D. Jakes is an American evangelist, pastor, and author. He is the bishop of The Potter's House, a non-denominational megachurch located in Dallas, Texas. He is also a popular speaker and has written several books on the topics of Christian spirituality and personal development. Following is our collection on famous quotes by T. D. Jakes on letting go, self love, purpose.

Top 10 T. D. Jakes Quotes

1. God is not preparing the Blessing for YOU, He is preparing YOU for the Blessing
2. Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion.
3. 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 you're ready to go to the next level.
4. I found out that the things that hurt us the most can become the fuel and the catalyst that propel us toward our destiny. It will either make you bitter or it will make you better.
5. Don't allow your past or present condition to control you. It's just a process that you're going through to get you to the next level.
6. If you think down, you will go down. If you think up, you will go up. You’ll always travel in the direction of your thinking.
7. Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.
8. You don't know how much you've grown- until trouble comes back for an encore.
9. If you don’t find a way to love a flawed person, secretly you’re teaching yourself that you are not lovable because of your flaws.
10. Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary storm.. No matter how raging the billows are today, remind yourself: "This too shall pass!"

T. D. Jakes Image Quotes

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

Don't come into the presence of God to impress Him with something He gave you! — T. D. Jakes

No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God! — T. D. Jakes

a setback is a setup for a comeback — T. D. Jakes

The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment. — T. D. Jakes

T. D. Jakes Short Quotes

• God's grace and mercy have brought you through. Quit acting as if you made it on your own.
• You can't be who you are going to be and who you used to be at the same time.
• When God blesses you, don't let no devil in hell move you out of your place of blessing!
• You cannot embrace your destiny if you do not let go of your history.
• Somebody is n the hospital begging God for the opportunity u have right now. Step into your moment.
• Being angry is human. Staying angry is foolish.
• When you were built to be tall, you will endanger your position if you lower your perspective
• Don't come into the presence of God to impress Him with something He gave you!
• You can teach what you know, but you can only reproduce what you are.
• No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God!

T. D. Jakes Quotes About Purpose

If you can't figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose. — T. D. Jakes

The most dangerous thing in the world is to have no purpose. — 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

Progress apart from purpose ends in arrogance. — T. D. Jakes

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. — T. D. Jakes

Success is never an accident it's always on purpose. — T. D. Jakes

Instead of loaves of bread, many times God gives out handfuls of purpose. — T. D. Jakes

T. D. Jakes Quotes About Success

If you have achieved any level of success, then pour it into someone else. Success is not success without a successor. — T. D. Jakes

a setback is a setup for a comeback — T. D. Jakes

Your greatest failure will precede your greatest success. — T. D. Jakes

Both success and struggle are different kinds of trauma. — T. D. Jakes

Success is not success without a successor. — T. D. Jakes

When you don’t become fixated on winning the prize or appearing successful, and instead pursue your passions, then you will discover the fulfillment that comes from living by instinct. — T. D. Jakes

God gives you the resources for success. But it is up to you to recognize them and use them to their fullest. — T. D. Jakes

When you're living by instinct, then you will naturally enhance everything and everyone around you. In other words, success will come naturally! When both your intellect and instincts are aligned, then producing the fruits of your labors brings satisfaction beyond measure. — T. D. Jakes

I think many people have an illusion of success based on entering in at a level that's higher than their experiences. — T. D. Jakes

T. D. Jakes Quotes About Prayer

You don't even have to be the one praying, but if you get around somebody who really know how to pray-prayer will lift you when you've fallen, prayer will catch you when you've lost your grip, prayer will stop you from going overboard, prayer will bring you out! — T. D. Jakes

Prayer will get you out of a pinch, prayer will get you out of a crises, prayer will get you out of your dilemma, prayer will get you out of your trouble. — T. D. Jakes

When you can't do nothing but pray-you've done a whole lot. — T. D. Jakes

T. D. Jakes Quotes About Life

Come hell or high water you will never take me back to the place I was before. I have been through too much to let life whoop me again. My faith is stronger than it's ever been, my mind is more tenacious than it's ever been, my soul is more absolute. — T. D. Jakes

Real value isn’t in what you own, drive, wear or live. The greater value is found in love and life, health and strength, friends and family! — T. D. Jakes

Not everyone will be happy when you begin to better yourself. Those who are for you will not just celebrate in your triumphs, but they will also pray with you through your tribulations. — T. D. Jakes

Stress and worry is a residual of relying on yourself and being your own god, in control of everything. Worship allows us to rely on God's power to steer us through life. — T. D. Jakes

Face the giants in your life, slay them, and move on. Do not be daunted by the mistakes and failures in your life. — T. D. Jakes

No matter where you are in life right now, know this: God put you on this earth to fulfill the promise He has predestined for your life. — T. D. Jakes

If you dont like the way your life is going, redesign it. Redeem the years you lost. Restore your vision, revive your passion for living, and reclaim what was dormant inside of you. I cannot give you the dream but I can give you the tools to reach the dreams you have inside. — T. D. Jakes

Life's a university that'll teach you lessons, regardless of your desire to pass the “class” or not, there is always something else to learn — T. D. Jakes

Every goal that you will ever pursue will require a plan of action. Whether you are pursuing your life’s destiny or striving to obtain a particular goal, you must be able to see things as you desire them to be. — T. D. Jakes

Baptism was to put a line of demarcation between your past sins when you are buried with Him by Baptism-you are burying your past sins-eradicating them-putting a line in the sand saying that old man is dead and he is no longer alive any more and I rise up to walk in the newness of life. — T. D. Jakes

T. D. Jakes Quotes About Relationships

Some of the best people with whom you can have a relationship are the people who challenge your thinking. — 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 expect to have that kind of intimate relationship with people who only know you publicly. Do not seek to be understood by the world. — T. D. Jakes

The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God. — T. D. Jakes

Set the goal to harvest what's in you rather than having a car, house or a relationship. — T. D. Jakes

It's a culture shock to go from obscurity to notoriety in a flash. Its more to it than talent and money; its pressure, stress, enemies, critics; you have to develop relationships and a team. There are all of these things that go along with taking a leap and following your dreams. — T. D. Jakes

T. D. Jakes Quotes About Inspiring

Never make a permanent decision about a temporary situation. — T. D. Jakes

The most wonderful thing in the world is somebody who knows who they are and knows where they're going and knows what they were created to do — T. D. Jakes

Eagles fly where lesser birds cannot fly, so eagles can do what lesser birds cannot do. — T. D. Jakes

Others can inspire you, but ultimately the only thing that empowers you is what lies within you and learning how to better utilize what you’ve been given. — T. D. Jakes

When You Hold Onto Your History, You Do It At The Expense Of Your Destiny. — T. D. Jakes

When you leave the familiar and enter the unknown, your fear becomes refined by experience and hammered into tools of survival on the anvil of anxiety. — T. D. Jakes

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. — T. D. Jakes

One of the great healing balms of the Holy Spirit is forgiveness. To forgive is to break the link between you and your past. — T. D. Jakes

Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself — T. D. Jakes

Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds. Each new season of life offers to train us for the next season if we pay attention and adapt. — T. D. Jakes

T. D. Jakes Famous Quotes And Sayings

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

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. — T. D. Jakes

When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to inhale new air until you exhale the old. — T. D. Jakes

You must realize that if you are going to reach the heights you have been called to reach, you may elicit some criticism from those who are jealous, petty or angry because they were left behind. — T. D. Jakes

Sometimes what makes us insecure and vulnerable becomes the fuel we need to be overachievers. The antidote for a snakebite is made from the poison, and the thing that made you go backward is the same force that will push you forward. — T. D. Jakes

There are some fires you can't get out of- you've got to go through the fire - you've got to go through the flood - you've got to go through the test - you've got to go through the struggle that you might decrease and he might increase. — T. D. Jakes

You’d be surprised at the things that look great on the outside but are dysfunctional on the inside. Be sure to function as good as you look — T. D. Jakes

There’s something you learn from helping other people with their dreams that prepares you for your own. — T. D. Jakes

There is a higher power, a higher influence, a God who rules and reigns and controls circumstances and situations that are beyond your area and realm of authority. — T. D. Jakes

I believe it is our attitude that determines our altitude. It is our attitude that allows us to soar above those things that would otherwise overcome us. — T. D. Jakes

The lifting up of the woman does not require the tearing down of the man. In fact, a strong woman appreciates a strong man. Conversely, a strong man is not intimidated by a strong woman. — T. D. Jakes

If you already understand your purpose, are you prepared to change your plans to match God’s will? If you aren’t, you can easily become bitter because things that used to work for you may no longer work. Be willing to transition at every stage and age of life. If your heart is open and you have an open mind, the blessings will flow. — T. D. Jakes

Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything and everyone more important that ourselves and think that meeting their needs is more important than meeting our own. But if you run out of gas, everyone riding with you will be left stranded. — T. D. Jakes

My mother would take the Band-Aid off, clean the wound, and say, "Things that are covered don't heal well." Mother was right. Things that are covered do not heal well. — T. D. Jakes

To those of us who often procrastinate on the decision we feel intimidated by lack of education or any area of weakness. I relieve you with this statement: It is not how much you know that arms you with the tools of great decision making, but rather how much you ask. Ask questions. — T. D. Jakes

It is important to remember that for every person, there will be a problem. Even more importantly, for every problem, our God has a prescription! — T. D. Jakes

A whole woman will always attract a whole man. And when they touch, they will fuse to create a whole marriage. Ultimately, when the time is right, they will produce whole children. — T. D. Jakes

Sometimes we esteem others more important than ourselves. We always become the martyr. It is wonderful to be self-sacrificing, but watch out for self-disdain! If we don’t apply some of the medicine that we use on others to strengthen ourselves, our patients will be healed and we will be dying. — T. D. Jakes

We have a tendency to want the other person to be a finished product while we give ourselves the grace to evolve. — T. D. Jakes

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 — T. D. Jakes

You don't have to be in church service to worship, you can be in your own home. You enhance your spirituality, through the instrument of worship, when you really connect with the invisible, almighty God. — T. D. Jakes

No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God! — T. D. Jakes

The right thing at the wrong time will lead to failure. — T. D. Jakes

When we are placed in a set of circumstances where we have to take initiative and be creative, some of us find it hard to transition. Those people have been trained not to think but to obey orders. They are slaves to the training, unconsciously pledging allegiance to the average. Mentally they recite from the manual of mediocrity. — T. D. Jakes

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

a setback is a setup for a comeback — T. D. Jakes

The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment. — T. D. Jakes

You will never understand pleasure without pain. — T. D. Jakes

Know when your space is too small for you...and you have to birthed to the next level! — T. D. Jakes

The world is a university and everyone in it is a teacher. Make sure when you wake up in the morning you go to school. — T. D. Jakes

When people can walk away from you: Let them walk. — T. D. Jakes

The Hell of Regret He who wins the race cannot run with the pack. And once you get out you can't come back, because caged lions don't mate with free ones! If ever you are going to win, you must forsake the social construct of the cage and all the cage dwellers. — T. D. Jakes

I'll give you some symptoms of a sign that your faith is deteriorating-whenever you face all of your problems and you trust only your plans to get you out-it is a sign that your faith is deteriorating. — T. D. Jakes

Whenever you face obstacles, crises and dilemmas and your confidence is in your associates more than in God- it is a sign your faith is deteriorating. — T. D. Jakes

Ignorance is brought about by assumption. — T. D. Jakes

Worship strengthens you. It gives you a sense of God's presence and ultimately His protection and provision. — T. D. Jakes

I'm not walking by sight- I'm, walking by faith — T. D. Jakes

To be unforgiving is like to drink poison and wait for someone else to die!! Rev. TD Jakes (have I said how much I love ya!) — T. D. Jakes

God's grace is painted on the canvas of despair. — T. D. Jakes

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

I fully intend to preach the word of God to you until there's a difference between how you walk out of here and how you walked in here. — T. D. Jakes

I would tell your generation, wherever you are on the totem poll - whether you're halfway there or at the bottom, don't despise small beginnings; small beginnings get you ready for great things. — T. D. Jakes

Worship, from the Latin word meaning "worth-ship", is where we express God's worth to us in our lives. — T. D. Jakes

You can't have healing without sickness. — T. D. Jakes

It's the gymnasium of life where you get the workout, the resistance, and you find out things about yourself that you didn't know. — T. D. Jakes

You cannot have victory without conflict. — T. D. Jakes

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. — T. D. Jakes

Don't get stuck on small. Don't stop dreaming, reaching and enhancing what you have. — T. D. Jakes

In the midst of the shopping and the wrapping and the arranging of presents under your tree this Christmas, may you not forget the gifts you cannot yet hold in your hands. — T. D. Jakes

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. — T. D. Jakes

Faith becomes a bridge between where I am and where I want to go- it is a substance. — T. D. Jakes

If you're gifted enough, nappy hair, gap teeth, acne face - I don't care what it is, greatness will shine through anything! — T. D. Jakes

Faith must always pass the test of discouragement. — T. D. Jakes

Nobody wants to stand behind a parked car. You got to always follow somebody who keeps it moving. — T. D. Jakes

It is enough to be responsible for ensuring that our people have the opportunity to graze in the rich grass of God's nutritious word. Beyond that, we must trust the word to take it's effect. It will work faster in some people than in others. the spiritual body grows and metabolizes food at different rates much like the natural body does. — T. D. Jakes

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. — T. D. Jakes

Its not over, until the Lord says its over. — T. D. Jakes

No matter how much talent you have in your mind and spirit, if your body is not able to function, you are not able to fulfill your destiny. — T. D. Jakes

Faith will get in the ditch with you, faith will go in the prison with you, faith will go into divorce court with you, faith will go in the hospital with you, faith will go in the nursing home with you. — T. D. Jakes

Unforgiveness denies the victim the possibility of parole and leaves them stuck in the prison of what was, incarcerating them in their trauma and relinquishing the chance to escape beyond the pain. — T. D. Jakes

Faith is the substance of whatever it is that we hope for. The important thing is that we teach that faith is connected to good works and responsibility. — T. D. Jakes

How can we teach our children to respect Black women if Black women don't respect Black women? — T. D. Jakes

I don't care how cheap the box is that you put a diamond ring in, nothing about the box diminishes the value of the content. — T. D. Jakes

Life Lessons by T. D. Jakes

1. T.D. Jakes teaches the importance of having faith in God and relying on Him for guidance and strength in difficult times.
2. He emphasizes the importance of having a positive attitude and outlook on life, and encourages people to take responsibility for their own actions.
3. He also encourages people to be kind and compassionate towards others, and to strive to make the world a better place.