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.
BOB GOFFJesus is nuts about kids. He doesn’t seem to think much of lawyers which really lands close to home, but He’s nuts about kids and loves justice.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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There’s a lot to be concerned about; there’s more to be hopeful for.
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God keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big
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They loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.
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Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
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That’s one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.
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Great love leaves little doubt.
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Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
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Do what lasts, get around to everything else.
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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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If we only do what we’re familiar with, we might miss what we’ve been made for.
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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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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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Grace means we don’t need to airbrush our lives to make them look like they’re working.
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We’ll never honor Christ if we forget how to honor each other.
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We won’t be like Jesus if it’s more important to us to be like each other. God doesn’t compare what he creates.
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