T. D. Jakes

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

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

“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.”

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

“So though there are many things I would have done differently, I submit to God's sovereignty and His purpose in my life and I thank Him that He brought me the way He brought me and gave me what He gave me when He thought I could handle it.”

“I think the amazing thing about gospel music is that not only does it lift up the death and resurrection of our Lord, which is consistent with the Gospel, but it is uniquely communicated depending upon the generation.”

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

“There are no college courses to build up self-esteem or high school or elementary school. If you don't get those values at a early age, nurtured in your home, you don't get them.”

“I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.”

“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 don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.”

“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.”

“When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.”

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

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

“As a Christian, Christ died so that we will have eternal life in Him in Heaven. What it looks like doesn't matter, what it smells like doesn't matter, as long as Christ is there it will be Heaven to me.”