Bob Goff Quotes
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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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There are lots of things we're able to do, but I'd like to land on the one thing I was MADE to do.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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If we only do what we're familiar with, we might miss what we've been made for.
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We determine how much influence we'll have, when we decide how available we'll be.
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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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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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Faith isn't figuring out what we're able to do, it's deciding what we're going to do - even when we think we can't.
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You can quit anything on a Thursday.
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Don't save up love like you're trying to retire on it; give it away like you're made of it.
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We don't really make friends, they make us.
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Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three.
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Jesus always pointed people towards a better version of themselves - particularly when they'd failed.
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Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
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I used to think I could shape the circumstances around me, but now I know Jesus uses circumstances to shape me.
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...we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the "do" part of faith.
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Do less of what you're terrible at and more of what you're good at. I don't know if that sounds too simple, but it's been working for me.
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Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.
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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.
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Don't let other people decide who you are.
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The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we've learned about love.
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Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.
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The way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.
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We can't always see people's pain; they can always feel our love.