Living a life fully engaged in full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget.
BOB GOFFThe organization just said no to you. Find what it is that you were made to do and get on it! Go do what you were made to do.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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I know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do.
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We keep telling God our opinions; He keeps asking us about our hearts. We’ll grow the most when we have the right conversations.
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Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.
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We determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
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He asks if we’ll give up that thing we’re so proud of, that thing we believe causes us to matter in the eyes of the world, and give it up to follow Him. He’s asking us, ‘Will you take what you think defines you, leave it behind, and let Me define who you are instead?’
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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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When love is a theory, it’s safe, it’s free of risk. But love in the brain changes nothing.
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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 won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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Love is never stationary.
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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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We’ll fill our lives with what we cultivate the most. Plant grace by the acre.
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One thing I do is (and I realize this might sound nuts), every month or so, I try to take like an Etch-a-sketch [so to speak], and I clear my faith. I go to zero, clear the deck. And I start adding things back to my faith, one at a time.
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