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 GOFFThe world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.
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Love finds us where we are, not where we were.
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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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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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Whatever you’re aiming for, God’s better.
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Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
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The 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.
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Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche
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I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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Do 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.
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I don’t know every step I’m supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.
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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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Do what lasts, get around to everything else.
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The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.
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