Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
JOHN ORTBERGThe 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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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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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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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