Quotes about Struggle
There is no success like the success of a man who had to persevere in order to receive it. People appreciate the victory when they have to walk it out.
— Bishop TD Jakes
sometimes wondered if it would be better to let go of the pain of wanting and settle for the calm mediocrity of the status quo.
— Bishop TD Jakes
He wants you to offer hope to those being crushed and struggling to understand.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Somewhere deep within the tormented man there is a tormented child who feels doomed to torment others!
— Bishop TD Jakes
The finished product you see on the peaks is the end result of the resurrection in the valley.
— Bishop TD Jakes
But you see, it is the wilderness that weeds out the saints from the "aint's.
— Bishop TD Jakes
It's bitterness that drives you to alcohol or drugs or food or pornography or anything else as a method of coping with your season of suffering. When you've been consumed by bitterness, you develop a desire to consume anything that will get the taste out of your mouth—
— Bishop TD Jakes
It is from the depths of dark and dirty places in our lives that we scream for God's attention and help while misunderstanding that, just like with a natural seed, it is the microbes in the soil of life that eat away at our efforts to protect ourselves from harm.
— Bishop TD Jakes
God doesn't cut us to kill us but to heal us. It's the difference between experiencing the blade of a dagger in a back-alley attack and the blade of a scalpel in an operating room.
— Bishop TD Jakes
A pearl of great price is our pain wrapped in God's perfection.
— Bishop TD Jakes
People tend to glorify the past, especially when they are struggling with the future.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Even in the moments of your greatest anguish, you often find unexpected blessings alongside and commingled with your losses.
— Bishop TD Jakes