What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
JOHN ORTBERGFor many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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