Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
JOHN ORTBERGYou must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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.
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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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Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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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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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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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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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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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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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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