46 Inspirational Bob Goff Quotes (DREAM BIG)

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“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.”
Bob Goff

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 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 be afraid I wouldn’t make enough money; now I’m afraid I won’t make enough difference. — I used to be afraid I wouldn’t make enough **money**; now I’m afraid I won’t make enough difference.

Over communicate love; under communicate fear. — Over communicate **love**; under communicate **fear**.

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

“Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It’s not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary, He simply invites us. God asks what it is He’s made us to love, what it is that captures our attention, what feeds that deep indescribable need of our souls to experience the richness of the world He made. And then, leaning over us, He whispers, ‘Let’s go do that together.’”
Bob Goff

I used to think being a believer was enough, but now I know Jesus wants us to participate, no matter what condition we’re in.

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

I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some down.

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

12 Inspirational Bob Goff Quotes About Life

“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.”
Bob Goff

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. — 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.

God keeps telling us to be not afraid… to Go Big!

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

“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.”
Bob Goff

Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren't controlled by our doubts. — **Courage** doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our **actions** aren’t controlled by our doubts.

God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.

Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I've seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live. — Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.

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

“Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It’s about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us, a hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That’s what I want my life to be all about – full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.”
Bob Goff

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

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

4 Bob Goff Quotes on Grace

“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.”
Bob Goff

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

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

The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace. — The shallow end of **hope** is usually the deep end of **grace**.

9 Bob Goff Quotes for Christians that Will Make You Think and Act

“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.”
Bob Goff

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

“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.”
Bob Goff

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

I don't know every step I'm supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step. — I don’t know every step I’m supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.

“Actually, 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?’”
Bob Goff

If Jesus has taught me anything, though, it's that sometimes you can really want to know somebody and it takes them forever to want to know you back. — If Jesus has taught me anything, though, it’s that sometimes you can really want to know somebody and it takes them forever to want to know you back.

The brand of love that Jesus offers is more about presence than undertaking a project.

11 Bob Goff Quotes on Love

“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.”
Bob Goff