Bob Goff
American attorney, author and speaker, born 1959
25 quotes.
Quotes by Bob Goff
- Courage isn't the absence of fear, it's just deciding that fear isn't calling the shots anymore
- Don't let not knowing how it'll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.
- Don’t let other people decide who you are.
- Don't save up love like you're trying to retire on it; give it away like you're made of it.
- Don’t worry about all of the steps. Begin.
- God doesn't break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
- God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
- I don't know every step I'm supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.
- I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I'm more afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter.
- I used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.
- I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
- If we only do what we're familiar with, we might miss what we've been made for.
- Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn't even write them down.
- It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
- It’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life.
- Love cares more about who’s hurting than who’s watching.
- Love finds us where we are, not where we were.
- Love one another. We don't need more instructions; we need more examples.
- Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
- No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.
- See people for who they're becoming. Not who they were.
- The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.
- We won't be distracted by comparison if we're captivated with purpose.
- What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
- When you feel like you can’t explain your faith, go love someone — you just did.