Do one thing that’s heroic for you today – big or small – and fear won’t define you anymore.
BOB GOFFThat’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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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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If we only do what we’re familiar with, we might miss what we’ve been made for.
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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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We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
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Jesus is nuts about kids. He doesn’t seem to think much of lawyers which really lands close to home, but He’s nuts about kids and loves justice.
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We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
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That’s what love does – it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you’ll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything.
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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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We get to be God’s plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.
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I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
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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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Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
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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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