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Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.

Bob Goff

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Bob Goff
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 22
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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it's not easily controlled.
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You don't want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, [you want to] pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it.
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You don't need a plan you just need to be present.
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We determine how much influence we'll have, when we decide how available we'll be.
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Don't let uncertainty talk you into pursuing a backup plan instead of your purpose.
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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.
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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures grace doesn't even write them down.
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We need to make our faith our very own love story.
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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
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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.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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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.
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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.
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Be ambitious about things that last.
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Our failures can leave behind pavement or potholes. Our ability to receive grace determines which it will be.
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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.
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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.
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God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
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Faith isn't figuring out what we're able to do, it's deciding what we're going to do - even when we think we can't.
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Live your life like you're exactly who Jesus thinks you are.
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