T. D. Jakes Thinking Quotations

How you think about your opportunities determines how you will act on them.

I think that Jesus is the product.

I think it's important that when you're bringing something to the table that you're sure has value, that you don't diminish yourself just so that you can have an opportunity.

I think its good to worship as a family but its also important to worship as an individual.

Thinking is the first step to a revolution in your life that is incredibly significant.

I think that my preaching style and many of my ideas and ideals about faith are based in both Pentecostal and Baptist background.

I don't think that you can let the storms of life overwhelm you. When you do that, you are no better than the craziness that caused you to be under attack.

And another thing is that I think as a church whenever we become politically driven, we alienate at least 50 percent of the people that God called us to reach with our political orientations.

I think the amazing thing about gospel music is that not only does it lift up the death and resurrection of our Lord, which is consistent with the Gospel, but it is uniquely communicated depending upon the generation.

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

I think the thing that people do wrong today is that they pray for external validation.

But I think my mistakes became the chemistry for my miracles. I think that my tests became my testimonies.

Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything and everyone more important that ourselves and think that meeting their needs is more important than meeting our own. But if you run out of gas, everyone riding with you will be left stranded.

Big ideas come from forward thinking people who challenge the norm, think outside the box, and invent the world they see inside rather than submitting to the limitations of current dilemmas

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

When we are placed in a set of circumstances where we have to take initiative and be creative, some of us find it hard to transition. Those people have been trained not to think but to obey orders. They are slaves to the training, unconsciously pledging allegiance to the average. Mentally they recite from the manual of mediocrity.

I think many people have an illusion of success based on entering in at a level that's higher than their experiences.

I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.

Some of the best people with whom you can have a relationship are the people who challenge your thinking.

Your words will tell others what you think. Your actions will tell them what you believe.

If you think down, you will go down. If you think up, you will go up. You’ll always travel in the direction of your thinking.