Bob Goff Quotes
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We determine how much influence we'll have, when we decide how available we'll be.
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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn't even write them down.
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No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.
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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both.
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It's easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
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The real game of Bigger and Better that Jesus is playing with us usually isn't about money or possessions or even our hopes. It's about our pride. He asks if we'll give up that thing we're so proud of, that thing we believe causes us to matter in the eyes of the world, and give it up to follow Him. He's asking us, 'Will you take what you think defines you, leave it behind, and let Me define who you are instead?'
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Courage isn't the absence of fear, it's just deciding that fear isn't calling the shots anymore.
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Don't let other people decide who you are.
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The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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Our opinions are what we'll be known for; our love is what we'll be remembered for.
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Does the church have all kinds of problems? You bet, because it's made up of people like me, so I get that part too. But all I need to know about the church is that Jesus picked her.
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When you love people like Jesus, you get messy. But messy looks good on you!
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Love like there's no tomorrow; live like there's no yesterday. We're forgiven; now go love people like we believe it.
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Courageous people feel the same fear everyone else does, they just decide to not be afraid anymore.
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We don't really make friends, they make us.
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When love is a theory, it's safe, it's free of risk. But love in the brain changes nothing.
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Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
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Don't let who you were talk you out of who you are becoming.
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Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!
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Selfless love is always costly; fear can't afford it, pride doesn't understand it and friends never forget it.
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The thing I love about God is He intentionally guides people into failure.
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That's one of the things about love. It doesn't recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.