Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
JOHN ORTBERGJesus gave the world its most influential movement.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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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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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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