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.
JOHN ORTBERGSkeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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The church is in the hope business.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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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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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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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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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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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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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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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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