We’re elated to have globally acclaimed Bishop, motivational speaker and entrepreneur T.D. Jakes join us for this year’s international edition of ESSENCE Festival, takin place September 26 – October 1 in Durban, South Africa. While we get ready for Bishop Jakes to bless ESSENCE Fest Durban 2017, here are 11of his most empowering quotes to get you through your week.
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Bishop T.D. Jakes
“God didn’t create you to keep everybody happy.”
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Bishop TD Jakes attends the Money + Power stage at ESSENCE Fest 2016
“You have to endure to earn the right to be respected and tough enough to stand.”
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Bishop TD Jakes
“You can’t feel love that doesn’t reach you. So, even though I have it for you, if I don’t give it to you, you can’t enjoy it or benefit from it and you might starve to death for the lack of what I thought, but didn’t say.”
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T.D. Jakes
“When your faith is the strongest, you come up under the greatest attack.”
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Bishop T.D. Jakes
“Maybe you don’t need a new situation, maybe you need a new perspective.”
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Bishop T.D. Jakes’ African Journey
“The mess is part of the process that leads to progress.”
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TD Jakes
“Don’t let your pain distract you form the purpose God has on your life.”
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TD Jakes
“You would be surprised the good things we guys think about you women that we don’t tell you.”
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TD Jakes
“Start deleting distractions so you can focus.”
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Bishop T.D. Jakes
“You have to maximize where you are WHILE you deal with where you were.”
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TD Jakes
“When the passion on the inside becomes greater than the obstacle on the outside, you will always win!”
