“my parents’ ideals are good ones, and I support them to the highest. But my parents could only promote us to the levels to which they themselves had been exposed.”
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T.D. Jakes
“The art of avoiding extremes is an art that is drawn on the canvas of maturity and painted with the abstract strokes of many experiences.”
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T.D. Jakes
“God has invested entirely too much in you for you to be comfortable in anything less than you were created to be.”
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T.D. Jakes
“A church that focuses on the external has lost its passion for souls.”
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T.D. Jakes
“To be unforgiving is like to drink poison and wait for someone else to die!!
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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
“eagles fly where lesser birds cannot fly, so eagles can do what lesser birds cannot do.”
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T.D. Jakes
“Some think that emulating those we admire makes us more effective and guarantees the result they exhibit. The goal is not to duplicate someone else’s greatness or purpose, destiny or creativity.”
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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
“both success and struggle are different kinds of trauma.”
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T.D. Jakes
“The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment.”
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T.D. Jakes
When ideas hang out with influence, income will always emerge.”
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T.D. Jakes
“New levels bring new devils, more favours means more haters”
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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
