For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
JOHN ORTBERGFailure 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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
JOHN ORTBERGPeace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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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 Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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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.
JOHN ORTBERGWhen 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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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
JOHN ORTBERGMake your life about something bigger than your life.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
JOHN ORTBERGWillpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
JOHN ORTBERGWe may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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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.
JOHN ORTBERGIf 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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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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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.
JOHN ORTBERGGod 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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