I don’t think success is what we’ve made of ourselves; I think it’s what we’ve made of others.
BOB GOFFWhen it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
More Bob Goff Quotes
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We get to be God’s plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.
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Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It’s about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us.
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God wants us to kick it down. Or perhaps just sit outside of it long enough until somebody tells us we can come in.
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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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Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.
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The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.
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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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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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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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Living a life of following Christ means constant interruptions.
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God made beauty so we’d know how He felt about us.
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Do what lasts, get around to everything else.
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He asks if we’ll give up that thing we’re so proud of, that thing we believe causes us to matter in the eyes of the world, and give it up to follow Him. He’s asking us, ‘Will you take what you think defines you, leave it behind, and let Me define who you are instead?’
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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
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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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