What would be the first thing I’d add back? Jesus. It sounds a little bit like a Sunday school answer, but that’s what I do. Then what’s the next thing? And I’d say, well, loving people. And then the next.
BOB GOFFDo less of what you’re terrible at and more of what you’re good at. I don’t know if that sounds too simple, but it’s been working for me.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
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God made beauty so we’d know how He felt about us.
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We might be known for what we believed, but we’re certain to be remembered for what we did about it.
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Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!
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God keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big
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We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to – follow a little closer.
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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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Don’t let not knowing how it’ll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.
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A hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That’s what I want my life to be all about – full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.
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Living a life of following Christ means constant interruptions.
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The way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.
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That’s what love does – it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you’ll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything.
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Great love leaves little doubt.
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