What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
BOB GOFFIf you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to – follow a little closer.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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God’s never as nervous about our future, or as concerned about our past, as we are.
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Living a life fully engaged and 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. Their dreams become one of those “we’ll go there next time” deferrals.
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Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
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Whimsy doesn’t care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.
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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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Small streams don’t plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He’ll have us become.
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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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It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
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The teachers I’ve learned the most from, didn’t think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.
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Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we’ve already been.
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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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Stop doing what you’re able to do and figure out what you were made to do – then do lots of that.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
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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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