“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.”
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T.D. Jakes
“God lets you go through challenges to give you credibility in a certain area and the ability to help someone else out of a situation that you once were in.”
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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!”
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T.D. Jakes
“There is no shortcut to excellence.”
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T.D. Jakes
“I’d rather you waste my money than waste my time.”
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T.D. Jakes
“When there’s no turning back, your instincts will lead you forward.”
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T.D. Jakes
“Unfortunately, many of us often spend our lives doing what we were trained to do. Some do what they were asked to do. And most of us do what others need us to do. And all the while, we wonder why the feeling of fulfillment eludes us.”
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T.D. Jakes
“Many people feed others who can’t feed them, while they completely fail to nourish those who really desire to feed them.”
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T.D. Jakes
“In a 2006 speech then-senator Barack Obama gave to a group of college students, he offered these sage words about success: “Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.”
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T.D. Jakes
“they reach the altar. You are the supervisor before you get the title. If you’re not supervisor material, you still won’t be one even after you get the job. If you’re not good husband or wife material, you still won’t be one even after you say “I do.” Your mind is already where you were called to be while you await the actual fulfillment.
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T.D. Jakes
“New levels bring new devils, more favours means more haters”
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T.D. Jakes
“People tend to glorify the past, especially when they are struggling with the future.”
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T.D. Jakes
“If you stick your head in the sand and ignore things that you have the power to change, you can’t blame anyone when they don’t turn out right!”
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T.D. Jakes
“Your hindrance? Trying to build your dream without the Dreammaker.”
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T.D. Jakes
“Serving the Lord is not always easy or popular. Folks may laugh at you on your job, mocking and making fun of your faith. But once you decide that there’s no turning back, something in your heart rises up and says “no” to the devil and “yes” to the Lord.”
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T.D. Jakes
