Make your life about something bigger than your life.
JOHN ORTBERGI 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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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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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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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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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