Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
JOHN ORTBERGFailure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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The church is in the hope business.
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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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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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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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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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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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