It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
BOB GOFFStop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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See people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
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We won’t figure out what’s sacred in life if we settle for what’s safe.
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Don’t let not knowing how it’ll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.
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Love finds us where we are, not where we were.
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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.
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No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.
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I used to think I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn’t want stalkers.
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It’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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You don’t want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, [you want to] pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it.
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Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.
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You can quit anything on a Thursday.
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Live your life like you’re exactly who Jesus thinks you are.
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Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
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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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