The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we’ve learned about love.
BOB GOFFThe world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.
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God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
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We determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
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You don’t want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, [you want to] pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it.
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I don’t think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow.
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God’s never as nervous about our future, or as concerned about our past, as we are.
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That’s a prank. It has no shelf life, like reassembling the principal’s car up on the roof of the gym. It’s cute and everything but there’s no shelf-life, and it can actually be kind of destructive. But a caper is different. It’s something where everybody has made it in.
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The real game of Bigger and Better that Jesus is playing with us usually isn’t about money or possessions or even our hopes. It’s about our pride.
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We’ll fill our lives with what we cultivate the most. Plant grace by the acre.
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It’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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Courage doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.
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God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
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Love is never stationary.
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God made beauty so we’d know how He felt about us.
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When you trust someone, you don’t need to know everything.
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