I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
BOB GOFFYou 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.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It’s not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary, He simply invites us.
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We determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
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Jesus is nuts about kids. He doesn’t seem to think much of lawyers which really lands close to home, but He’s nuts about kids and loves justice.
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I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
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Jesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking.
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You can quit anything on a Thursday.
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Great love leaves little doubt.
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Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
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Here’s our job as believers, love everybody ALWAYS!
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We’ll fill our lives with what we cultivate the most. Plant grace by the acre.
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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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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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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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But the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It’s a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.
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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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