John Ortberg on anand thakur
John Ortberg129 quotes“I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.”
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg The church is in the hope business.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
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Those films that really speak to the primal fear that we, as human beings, have about the unknown have always intrigued me.
Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeAdewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje The university is the archive of the Western mind, it’s the keeper of the Western culture, …
Adlai Stevenson IIAdlai Stevenson II It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
Adlai Stevenson IIAdlai Stevenson II You alone govern the nature of things. Without you nothing emerges into the light of day, without you nothing is joyous or lovely.
LucretiusLucretius Death is nothing to us, it matters not one jot, since the nature of the mind is understood to be mortal.
LucretiusLucretius We were filming in Greenland, and I treated my crew.
Adam RichmanAdam Richman It kills me to know, that I healed your broken heart just so you could walk away and beat someone else’s name.
C.R. ElliottC.R. Elliott Don’t trust anyone. Be a cold fish. I hurt no one. And no one can hurt me.
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