That’s what love does – it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you’ll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything.
BOB GOFFDo 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.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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 I’ve learned the more time I’ve spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
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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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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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Whatever you’re aiming for, God’s better.
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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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Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it’s different, but because it’s the same.
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Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
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Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we’ve already been.
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We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.
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What I noticed, though, is almost every time I type the word love, it gets changed to the word live…
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Don’t let other people decide who you are.
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We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
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