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

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T. D. Jakes
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: June 9
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South Charleston
West Virginia
Thomas Dexter Jakes
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When people can walk away from you: Let them walk.
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Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication.
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Blame unto others only as you would first blame yourself.
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Faith will get in the ditch with you, faith will go in the prison with you, faith will go into divorce court with you, faith will go in the hospital with you, faith will go in the nursing home with you.
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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
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Here is the amazing thing about Easter the resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.
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Both success and struggle are different kinds of trauma.
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Any great teacher is a great student.
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You can't have healing without sickness.
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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.
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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.
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Surround yourself with those who won’t compete but will revel in your success and see your ascent as a reflection of their own possibilities.
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Its not over, until the Lord says its over.
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I was looking for excellence in any color or gender it comes in. Some of my top people are African American but not all of them.
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When it comes to bringing an idea that God has given you to fruition, don't wait for it to happen again, you have to get out there and make it happen.
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All over this nation, all over this world there are people going to church today and they say they are believers, but until you can take what you've been taught and bring it to the place you gave up - you will never be the radical believer that you need to be for the times in which we live.
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