Author: T. D. Jakes

Quotes

I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me.

I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me.

- T. D. Jakes

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.

- T. D. Jakes

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.

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.

- T. D. Jakes

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 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.

- T. D. Jakes

I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.

I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.

- T. D. Jakes

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

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

- T. D. Jakes

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.

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.

- T. D. Jakes

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 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.

- T. D. Jakes

We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.

We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.

- T. D. Jakes

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