Top 207 Quotes & Sayings by Bob Goff - Page 2

No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.

There's a lot to be concerned about; there's more to be hopeful for.

I've learned that God sometimes allows us to find ourselves in a place where we want something so bad that we can't see past it. Sometimes we can't even see God because of it. When we want something that bad, it's easy to mistake what we truly need for the thing we really want. When this sort of thing happens, and it seems to happen to everyone, I've found it's because what God has for us is obscured from view, just around another bend in the road.

God pursues us into whatever dark place we've landed and behind whatever locked door holds us in. He holds our unwashed and dirty hands and models how He wants us to pursue each other And He says to ordinary people like me and you that instead of closing our eyes and bowing our heads, sometimes God wants us to keep our eyes open for people in need, do something about it, and bow our whole lives to Him instead.

Fix your eyes on Jesus; it's ok to stare.

What distracts us will begin to define us. We don't need to swing at every pitch.

Whatever you're aiming for, God's better.

Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.

The words we speak to each other should leave stretch marks, not bruises. Love is always picky about what it says.

Love one another. We don't need more instructions; we need more examples.

Failure is just part of the process, and it's not just okay; it's better than okay. God doesn't want failure to shut us down. God didn't make it a three-strikes-and-you're-out sort of thing. It's more about how God helps us dust ourselves off so we can swing for the fences again. And all of this without keeping a meticulous record of our screw-ups.

People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it's not easily controlled.

That's what love does - it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you'll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything.

Courageous people feel the same fear everyone else does, they just decide to not be afraid anymore.

The teachers I've learned the most from, didn't think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.

Our opinions are what we'll be known for; our love is what we'll be remembered for

Love like there's no tomorrow; live like there's no yesterday. We're forgiven; now go love people like we believe it

I once heard somebody say that God had closed a door on an opportunity they had hoped for. But I've always wondered if when we want to do something that we know is right and good, God places that desire deep in our hearts because He wants it for us and it honors Him. Maybe there are times when we think a door has been closed and, instead of misinterpreting the circumstances, God wants us to kick it down. Or perhaps just sit outside of it long enough until somebody tells us we can come in.

It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it's probably because God has more pieces to work with.

Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.

Most of our decisions are driven by either love or fear. Figure out who's doing the talking, then decide what you'll do.

I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.

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.

The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we've learned about love.

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

Don't let other people decide who you are.

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

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

I used to think God wouldn’t talk to me, but now I know I’m just selective with what I choose to hear.

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.

Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!

I'm all for getting together with men and women in small groups around Scripture and letting it just wash over us, but for me, I've been meeting with the same ten guys for like 15 years now, but we don't have a Bible study every Friday, we have a Bible doing.

Jesus always pointed people towards a better version of themselves - particularly when they'd failed.

Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.

Go be the next humblest version of yourself.

The most beautiful scenery in the world is when our friends come into view.

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

We'll fill our lives with what we cultivate the most. Plant grace by the acre.

I used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.

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

Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.

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

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

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 asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.

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

When you love people like Jesus, you get messy. But messy looks good on you!

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

Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.

We determine how much influence we'll have, when we decide how available we'll be.

Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you're an owner. Faith is at its best when it's that way too. It's best lived when it's owned.

We won't figure out what's sacred in life if we settle for what's safe.

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.

What I noticed, though, is almost every time I type the word love, it gets changed to the word live… I learned that fully loving and fully living are not only synonymous but the kind of life that Jesus invited us to be part of.

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

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.

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

Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three

I think God’s hope and plan for us is pretty simple to figure out. For those who resonate with formulas, here it is: add your whole life, your loves, your passions, and your interests together with what God said He wants us to be about, and that’s your answer.

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?'