I used to think life could be shared with anyone, but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.
BOB GOFFCynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
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Love like there’s no tomorrow; live like there’s no yesterday. We’re forgiven; now go love people like we believe it
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Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche
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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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Whimsy doesn’t care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.
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See people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
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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.
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We determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
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What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
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…we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the “do” part of faith.
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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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The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we’ve learned about love.
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We need to make our faith our very own love story.
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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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The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
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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 real game of Bigger and Better that Jesus is playing with us usually isn’t about money or possessions or even our hopes. It’s about our pride.
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We all want to have a place where we can dream and escape anything that wraps steel bands around our imagination and creativity.
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The most beautiful scenery in the world is when our friends come into view.
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Selfless love is always costly; fear can’t afford it, pride doesn’t understand it and friends never forget it.
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We spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.
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I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
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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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I don’t think success is what we’ve made of ourselves; I think it’s what we’ve made of others.
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Great love leaves little doubt.
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