Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
BOB GOFFGod isn’t afraid of our doubts; He’s way more concerned when we fake it.
More Bob Goff Quotes
-
-
Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
BOB GOFF -
I learned that fully loving and fully living are not only synonymous but the kind of life that Jesus invited us to be part of.
BOB GOFF -
We won’t figure out what’s sacred in life if we settle for what’s safe.
BOB GOFF -
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.
BOB GOFF -
What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
BOB GOFF -
We determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
BOB GOFF -
We’ll fill our lives with what we cultivate the most. Plant grace by the acre.
BOB GOFF -
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.
BOB GOFF -
We’ll become whoever we trust the most says we are.
BOB GOFF -
I know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do.
BOB GOFF -
Fix your eyes on Jesus; it’s ok to stare.
BOB GOFF -
When you trust someone, you don’t need to know everything.
BOB GOFF -
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.
BOB GOFF -
Living a life fully engaged in full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget.
BOB GOFF -
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.
BOB GOFF -
But instead of spending all of our time having Bible studies about what we were made to do, go do stuff and you’ll figure out what you were made to do, because you’ll be great at some things and you’ll be terrible at others.
BOB GOFF -
We need to make our faith our very own love story.
BOB GOFF -
The most beautiful scenery in the world is when our friends come into view.
BOB GOFF -
That’s one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.
BOB GOFF -
We’ll never honor Christ if we forget how to honor each other.
BOB GOFF -
What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
BOB GOFF -
Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!
BOB GOFF -
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.
BOB GOFF -
The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we’ve learned about love.
BOB GOFF -
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.
BOB GOFF -
See people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
BOB GOFF