Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
JOHN ORTBERGYou must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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The church is in the hope business.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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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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A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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