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.

- T. D. Jakes

We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.

- T. D. Jakes

Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes.

- T. D. Jakes

I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.

- T. D. Jakes

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.

- T. D. Jakes

When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.

- T. D. Jakes

I think most people who get into their 50s reassess what made sense and what didn't make sense.

- T. D. Jakes

I'm not particularly political. I'm not particularly denominational. I'm not worried about any of that.

- T. D. Jakes

My father was a Methodist and my mother was a Baptist.

- T. D. Jakes

I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me.

- T. D. Jakes

One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.

- T. D. Jakes

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

- T. D. Jakes

There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation.

- T. D. Jakes

My first church had seven members in it, and I have to remember, the rent was $225 a month and I worked for Union Carbide and took the check I made from work to pay for the rent to keep the church open.

- T. D. Jakes

I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry.

- T. D. Jakes

I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.

- T. D. Jakes

When my father died, I had a real experience with Christ, a real conversion with Christ and I had it in a Oneness church.

- T. D. Jakes

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.

- T. D. Jakes

Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.

- T. D. Jakes

I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.

- T. D. Jakes