The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
JOHN ORTBERGOne of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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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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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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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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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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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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The church is in the hope business.
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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