T. D. Jakes Quotes

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

Ordinarily when a man in difficulty turns to prayer, he has already tried every other means of escape.

When every hope is gone, 'when helpers fail and comforts flee,' I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where. Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition; they are acts more real than the acts of eating, drinking, sitting or walking. It is no exaggeration to say that they alone are real, all else is unreal.

All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.

I keep a lot of my old baseball hats, and if you look in the hats I've had since I started pitching, you'll see 'Philippians 4:13' written on the brim. That's the Scripture that gets me through the day because sometimes you can't do it all by yourself. You can't do it on your own, so you lean on Him.

When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.

They say there are no atheists in foxholes, and in the foxhole of my divorce, I found solace in walking to St. Patrick's Cathedral and lighting candles.

Prayer begins where our power ends.

When things get bad enough, your only resort is to lie in bed and start praying.

You're never without hope, because you're never without prayer.

Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it's different, but because it's the same.

We should still pray. We have no other authority but to pray.

God will take care of what you go through. You take care of how you go through it.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

My trust in a higher power that wants me to survive and have love in my life, is what keeps me moving forward.

You only cry for help if you believe there is help to cry for.

When I'm really stressed out, I go to church. I light candles and sit and pray. And I'll ask myself, What's the lesson? Why am I going through this? There's got to be a reason I'm here. What am I supposed to learn?

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overpowering conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day

More than anything, praying just helps me to concentrate and let go of things that don't matter in that moment. It gives me peace knowing I'm in good hands.

Without faith, I don't think I'd be here.

The power of prayer and faith in God is something that has guided so many of us in good times and bad.

Baseball could end tomorrow but you're just understanding that God is in control of it and we are not.

My faith always kept me focused and strong.