Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
JOHN ORTBERGYour Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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