T. D. Jakes Quotes

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

I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly think that's why I was able to survive and have some success.

Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It's a sign of weakness.

It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

It takes strength to be kind; it's not a weakness.

Never let a person's weakness get in the way of their strength.

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.

I've undoubtedly offended people, but in the end, I've learned the people that will understand are the people I want to connect to, anyway.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.

I was embarrassed by my parents. I thought they had nothing of interest to say or contribute to anything. My real crime was not understanding that they were interesting, and I have been trying to make it up to them for being so indescribably blase, so genuinely uninterested and dismissive.

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others.

One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others.

With trials, you become wiser. You learn more about yourself and the people surrounding you. Me personally, I've never been the type of person to judge anyone over wrongdoing, no matter what it is. I'm just not a judgmental person.

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.