The best Quotes by T. D. Jakes

The best Quotes by T. D. Jakes

Thomas Dexter Jakes (born June 9, 1957) is an American non-denominational Christian preacher. He is the senior pastor of The Potter's House, a non-denominational American megachurch.

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.

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Forgiveness & Mercy

I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.

We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

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

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Forgiveness & Mercy

I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers.

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You can leave Dallas, but it will never leave you.

As bright as the Dallas sky, she always holds her head up high.

I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas.

Dennis Rodman

I had been in so many towns and cities in America with John Kennedy, but I was not with him in Dallas, Texas, on November 21, 1963.

Pierre Salinger

What's the difference between Virginia and West Virginia?
In Virginia, Moosehead is a beer. In West Virginia it's a misdemeanor.

Virginia West Virginia

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to West Virginia - and that's pretty much the same thing.

People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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Forgiveness & Mercy

The only way out of this labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

John Green in Looking for Alaska

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Forgiveness & Mercy

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

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Forgiveness & Mercy Enemies & Opponents Names

The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance.

William Shakespeare in Der Sturm

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Forgiveness & Mercy Revenge

Forgiveness is not about forgetting, Mack. It is about letting go of another person's throat.

William Paul Young in The Shack

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Forgiveness & Mercy

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Forgiveness & Mercy

Forgiveness is first for you, the forgiver, to release you from something that will eat you alive; that will destroy your joy and your ability to love fully and openly.

William Paul Young in The Shack

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Forgiveness & Mercy

It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.

In times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers.

T’Challa in Black Panther

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Brücken Crisis & Catastrophes

I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward.

Fridtjof Nansen

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Progress Motivation Brücken

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Isaac Newton

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Human Rights Freedom Brücken

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms, when his hands are empty.

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Children & Childhood Fathers Father & Daughter

When I was a little girl I remember thinking men were these beautiful creatures created to love an protect the women of this world. Turns out I was wrong. I just had an amazing father.

Cindy Cherie

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Fathers Father & Daughter

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.

Sigmund Freud

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My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was working, he'd do anything for me. He's been the biggest influence in my life.

Gareth Bale

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Fathers Father & Son

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

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