Bob Goff Quotes - Page 4

When you trust someone, you don't need to know everything.

Don't let other people decide who you are.

What I've learned the more time I've spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.

Love doesn't try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.

But the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It's a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.

We keep telling God our opinions; He keeps asking us about our hearts. We'll grow the most when we have the right conversations.

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?'

People who take huge risks aren't afraid to fail. In fact, they love to fail. It's because failing means they found the edge.

God's big plan: go love everybody, always!

We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.

We'll become whoever we trust the most says we are.

I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.

Jesus modelled that we don’t need to talk about everything we’ve done. It’s like He’s saying, what if we were just to do awesome, incredible stuff together while we’re here on earth and the fact that only He knew would be enough? If we did, we wouldn’t get confused about who was really making things happen. Not surprisingly, we’d get a lot more done too, because we wouldn’t care who’s looking or taking credit. All that energy would be funnelled into awesomeness.

You don't need a plan; you just need to be present.

God made beauty so we'd know how He felt about us.

Love does whatever it takes to multiply itself and somehow along the way everyone becomes a part of it.

Do one heroic thing today; big or small doesn't matter because it defines who you are and what you really believe

Go be the next humblest version of yourself.

I want to go barefoot because it’s holy ground; I want to be running because time is short and none of us has as much runway as we think we do; and I want it to be a fight because that’s where we can make a difference. That’s what love does.

Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.

God doesn't break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.

I used to think being loved was the greatest thing to think about, but now I know love is never satisfied just thinking about it.

I don't think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow. Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we've already been. They loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.

Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.

Be ambitious about things that last.