I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
BOB GOFFI used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Do one thing that’s heroic for you today – big or small – and fear won’t define you anymore.
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Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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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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Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
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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 you get a no from somebody, don’t say, ‘I’m going to take this as some big cosmic signal.’ No, you just got a no, deal with it. Just go to the next step.
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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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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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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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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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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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We’re all amateurs when it comes to love. Don’t be too hard on each other.
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Simply put: love does.
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