T. D. Jakes Quotes

I've learned to surround myself with women who lift me up and leave me feeling nurtured rather than drained.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

It's okay to have personal ambitions, but you have to take someone with you.

You must not demand the failure of your peers, because the more good things that are around in film, in television, in theater - why the better it is for all of us.

Want nothing but the best for your friends because when your friends are happy and successful, it's probably going to be easier for you to be happy.

The right man applauds your potential, he doesn't stifle it.

Everybody enjoys each other's success. We are always pushing each other to get better on the field and off the field, helping each other out in the nets or in the gym. That's the most important thing.

I've gotten incredibly lucky with the people I've gotten to work with. It's made my mind better, and it's made me a better person.

He's a better person when she's around, and isn't that what friends are for, to raise you up and keep you at your best?

Your best friend should bring out the best in you

The secret is to find what you love to do.I mean, I tell the students look for the job that you would take if you didn't need a job. I mean, it's that simple. And I was lucky enough to find it very early in life. And then the second thing is to have people around you that make feel good every day, and make you a better person than you otherwise would be.

You know you're a success when people tell you, “I like me best when I'm with you.”

My friends are me and in essence better than me, they help me be better even when they don't know it.

The true test of relationships is not only how loyal someone is when we fail, but how thrilled they are when we succeed.

The Power of WHO provides great lessons about how to succeed in business and in life. If you surround yourself with quality people and great friends, the sky's the limit.

For joy, I live by the mantra of surrounding yourself with people who make your life better... people who enhance your life and motivate you to be the best version of yourself. It's not always easy, but I've had to make a conscious effort to remove people who are a lot of work and drain my energy...you know, those energy suckers we each have in our lives.

Being around someone who accepts and supports you will remind you to accept and support yourself.

Your destiny is fulfilled as you invest in the destinies of others.

I truly believed that the cost of success for us shouldn't be the cost of failure for a good friend.

That man is rich indeed who has more friends than enemies, fears no one, and is so busy building that he has no time to devote to tearing down another's hopes and plans.

Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.

Act so as to encourage the best in others, and by so doing you will develop the best in yourself.

Strength grows from building other strength, not from trampling on weakness.

Surround yourself with people who add the fuel of advice and encouragement to your fire.

Make sure you surround yourself with positive people that will support you and push you forward and won't drag you down or get in your way.