If you get a no from somebody, don’t say, ‘I’m going to take this as some big cosmic signal.’ No, you just got a no, deal with it. Just go to the next step.
BOB GOFFGod keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big
More Bob Goff Quotes
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The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.
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You can quit anything on a Thursday.
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We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
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You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
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I used to think God wouldn’t talk to me, but now I know I’m just selective with what I choose to hear.
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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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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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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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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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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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We determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
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We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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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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Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It’s not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary, He simply invites us.
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What I’ve learned the more time I’ve spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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