Bob Goff Quotes

The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.

Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won't have a title until much later.

Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It's not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary, He simply invites us. God asks what it is He's made us to love, what it is that captures our attention, what feeds that deep indescribable need of our souls to experience the richness of the world He made. And then, leaning over us, He whispers, "Let's go do that together.

Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche

It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.

Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn't even write them down.

We won't be distracted by comparison if we're captivated with purpose.

Selfless love is always costly; fear can't afford it, pride doesn't understand it and friends never forget it.

Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that

Don't let not knowing how it'll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.

No one leads people to Jesus; He leads people to Himself. All the pressure's off; just go love everybody without agenda.

God never said He'd eliminate all of the chaos from our lives; He just said He'd bring meaning to it.

I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I'm more afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter.

The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.

Courage isn't the absence of fear, it's just deciding that fear isn't calling the shots anymore

Don't save up love like you're trying to retire on it; give it away like you're made of it.

Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It's about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us, a hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That's what I want my life to be all about - full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.

We can't always see people's pain; they can always feel our love.

Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.

I don't know every step I'm supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.

See people for who they're becoming. Not who they were.

God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.

I used to think I could shape the circumstances around me, but now I know Jesus uses circumstances to shape me.

God often waits until we're out of ideas before He lets us know His plans. He competes for our hearts, not our attention.

Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren't controlled by our doubts.