Bob Goff Quotes

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 know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do. But instead of spending all of our time having Bible studies about what we were made to do, go do stuff and you'll figure out what you were made to do, because you'll be great at some things and you'll be terrible at others.

Our failures can leave behind pavement or potholes. Our ability to receive grace determines which it will be.

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

Most of us have all the information we need. What we need is more passion.

Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they're in.

The way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.

Extravagant love is never wasted.

If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to - follow a little closer.

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

If we only do what we're familiar with, we might miss what we've been made for.

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

It will be more love, not more information, that will change our hearts.

When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both

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

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

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

Do what lasts, get around to everything else.

That's one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.

Don't let other people decide who you are.

Love doesn't just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it... Simply put: Love does!

We're all amateurs when it comes to love. Don't be too hard on each other.

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

We spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.

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

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

Be ambitious about things that last.

The thing I love about God is He intentionally guides people into failure.

Fear calls out our doubts; God calls out our names.

We'll never honor Christ if we forget how to honor each other.

Do one thing that's heroic for you today - big or small - and fear won't define you anymore.

I used to think that real love involved falling for someone; but now I think it usually involves standing for someone.

Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.

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

Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That's my punch list everyday.

Small streams don't plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He'll have us become.

Live your life like you're exactly who Jesus thinks you are.

Don't let who you were talk you out of who you are becoming.

Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.

I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.

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.

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

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

Stop doing what you're able to do and figure out what you were made to do - then do lots of that.

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

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

When we love people but don't make it about us, we're exchanging currency we can use for a while for currency we can use forever.

Love finds us where we are, not where we were.