T. D. Jakes Quotes

People change when they hurt enough that they have to change, learn enough that they want to change, receive enough that they are able to change.

Our strength grows out of our weakness.

...the men of the Ulysses had no need to stand in shame...many had found, or were finding, that the point of no return was not necessarily the edge of the precipice: it could be the bottom of the valley, the beginning of the long climb up the far slope, and when a man had once begun that climb he never looked back to that other side.

When you're not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere

When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They're sent to promote, increase and strengthen you.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

The world helps you to keep evolving and hope it's for better. You have to rise above all the tragedies in life. You have to grow, and if you stop growing, you are old.

There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able to take charge of her own life and problems.

Turn your scars into stars.

I thank every bully I ever had because that's the only reason I'm here. I learned how to not be affected by it and triumph over it, and that made me - again, if I had any success whatsoever, it's because these people made fun of me.

I wrote 'Option B' because I want other people to know it can get better, and I want to help people make it better.

It will always be relevant and always be inspiring to see somebody turning themselves into a warrior.

Dumped? Fired? Scorned? Humiliated? Totally pissed off? If so, I've got great news! You might be on your way to living your best life ever - if you consciously choose to channel this pain into fuel - and use it to motivate yourself to become your highest potential self!

I'm the same person. I got a grenade thrown at me. Situation turned out how it did. Now I'm just trying to do good things.

I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.

If you let tragedies stop you along the way, then you're never going to grow as a person.

You find strength in your moments of weakness.

Enlightenment doesn't mean we were never wounded; it means we've found a way to evolve beyond our wounds. Enlightenment isn't idealistic; it's practical. What's idealistic is thinking we can live from our wounds, stay in our weakness, and ever transform the world.

No one rises above who he or she has been without first having fallen down. The best time - in fact, the only time - to make a real change in your life is in the moment of seeing the need for it. He who hesitates always gets lost in the hundred reasons why tomorrow is a better day to get started.

You can turn your life around. You can through hell and back. It is possible. Never underestimate yourself. I believe in you.

Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.

Out of the lowest depths there is a path to the loftiest heights.

The things that go wrong for you have a lot of potential to become part of your gift to the world.

When a person feels encouraged, he can face the impossible and overcome incredible adversity.