Bob Goff Quotes

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

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

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

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

If you get a no from somebody, don't say, 'I'm going to take this as some big cosmic signal.' No, you just got a no, deal with it. Just go to the next step.

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.

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

We can be the light of the world without leaving our high beams on and annoying everybody.

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

...love is never stationary.

It's easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.

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

That's one of the things about love. It doesn't recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.

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

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

When you identify with an organization and you want to do stuff [but] you get this inexplicable 'no' - a lot of people get off the end and think, Well, God must have said no to me. No! The organization just said no to you. Find what it is that you were made to do and get on it! Go do what you were made to do.

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.

When you are in high school, you don't give much thought to what you can't do. For most people, that gets learned later, and for still fewer, gets unlearned for the rest of life.

Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.

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

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

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.

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

We won't be like Jesus if it's more important to us to be like each other. God doesn't compare what he creates.

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

Go be the next humblest version of yourself.

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

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

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.

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

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

Living a life fully engaged and full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget. Their dreams become one of those "we'll go there next time" deferrals. The sad thing is, for many there is no "next time" because passing on the chance to cross over is an overall attitude toward life rather than a single decision.

I don't think success is what we've made of ourselves; I think it's what we've made of others.

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

Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it's different, but because it's the same.

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

I never know what all of the steps are but I do know the next step.

God isn't trying to make our lives easier; He wants to make them more meaningful.

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

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

Grace works that way. It's a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It's a force sometimes transmitted best hand to hand in a dark place.

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.

We might be known for what we believed, but we're certain to be remembered for what we did about it.

We don't really make friends, they make us.

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.

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

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

Sometimes the things we think are the impediments are actually the path.