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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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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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Come hell or high water you will never take me back to the place I was before. I have been through too much to let life whoop me again. My faith is stronger than it's ever been, my mind is more tenacious than it's ever been, my soul is more absolute.
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If you dont like the way your life is going, redesign it. Redeem the years you lost. Restore your vision, revive your passion for living, and reclaim what was dormant inside of you. I cannot give you the dream but I can give you the tools to reach the dreams you have inside.
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A lot of can't deal with life because they lack the patience to become who they want to be.... Everything happens by process. If you don't go through the process to get it, you don't have the power to keep it.
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I'm not particularly political. I'm not particularly denominational. I'm not worried about any of that.
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It is enough to be responsible for ensuring that our people have the opportunity to graze in the rich grass of God's nutritious word. Beyond that, we must trust the word to take it's effect. It will work faster in some people than in others. the spiritual body grows and metabolizes food at different rates much like the natural body does.
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Any great teacher is a great student.
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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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Contentment comes when you find the people, places, and events in life you were created to impact.
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I wasn't trying to be rich or famous I was trying to figure out what is this thing in me that won't let me sleep that makes me restless and makes me keep pushing. I was trying to discover who I was.
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I think we have to find a leader who reflects all of our concerns and not just some of them.
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You can't be who you are going to be and who you used to be at the same time.
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Your words will tell others what you think. Your actions will tell them what you believe.
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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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I probably take a pretty traditional view about hell. I'm not very contemporary in terms of that.
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If you already understand your purpose, are you prepared to change your plans to match God’s will? If you aren’t, you can easily become bitter because things that used to work for you may no longer work. Be willing to transition at every stage and age of life. If your heart is open and you have an open mind, the blessings will flow.
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Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.
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Eagles fly where lesser birds cannot fly, so eagles can do what lesser birds cannot do.
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