We all want to have a place where we can dream and escape anything that wraps steel bands around our imagination and creativity.
BOB GOFFI don’t think success is what we’ve made of ourselves; I think it’s what we’ve made of others.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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God isn’t afraid of our doubts; He’s way more concerned when we fake it.
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Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That’s my punch list everyday.
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Grace works that way. It’s a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It’s a force sometimes transmitted best hand to hand in a dark place.
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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 might be known for what we believed, but we’re certain to be remembered for what we did about it.
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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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I know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do.
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That’s a prank. It has no shelf life, like reassembling the principal’s car up on the roof of the gym. It’s cute and everything but there’s no shelf-life, and it can actually be kind of destructive. But a caper is different. It’s something where everybody has made it in.
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Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
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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 has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
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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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I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.
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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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