When you love people like Jesus, you get messy. But messy looks good on you!
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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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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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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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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When you are in high school, you don’t give much thought to what you can’t do. For most people, that gets learned later, and for still fewer, gets unlearned for the rest of life.
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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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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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The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.
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We’ll fill our lives with what we cultivate the most. Plant grace by the acre.
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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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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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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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If we only do what we’re familiar with, we might miss what we’ve been made for.
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We determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
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If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to – follow a little closer.
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That’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
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Most of us have all the information we need. What we need is more passion.
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What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
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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 think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.
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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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For those who resonate with formulas, here it is: add your whole life, your loves, your passions, and your interests together with what God said He wants us to be about, and that’s your answer.
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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
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You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
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I used to think life could be shared with anyone, but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.
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We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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I once heard somebody say that God had closed a door on an opportunity they had hoped for. But I’ve always wondered if when we want to do something that we know is right and good,
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