Bob Goff is an incredible author, speaker, and lawyer who has inspired many with his meaningful quotes. His quotes are full of wisdom, humor, and insight into life. From his advice on relationships to his words of encouragement, Bob Goff’s quotes provide a unique perspective on living every day to its fullest. Here are some of Bob Goff Quotes.
Bob Goff Quotes About Love
🔷“we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the “do” part of faith.”
🔷“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?”
🔷“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.”
🔷“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.”
🔷“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.”
🔷“For me, it’s Jesus plus nothing-…”
🔷“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.”
🔷“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.”
🔷“I learned that faith isn’t about knowing all of the right stuff or obeying a list of rules. It’s something more, something more costly because it being present and making a sacrifice. Perhaps that’s why Jesus is sometimes called Immanuel – “God with us.” I think that’s what God had in mind, for Jesus to be present, to just be with us. It’s also what He has in mind for us when it comes to other people.”
🔷“I think God’s hope and plan for us is pretty simple to figure out. For those who resonate with formulas, here it is: add your whole life, your loves, your passions, and your interests together with what God said He wants us to be about, and that’s your answer.”
🔷“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 God wouldn’t talk to me, but now I know I’m just selective with what I choose to hear.”
🔷“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.”
🔷“I want to go barefoot because it’s holy ground; I want to be running because time is short and none of us has as much runway as we think we do; and I want it to be a fight because that’s where we can make a difference. That’s what love does.”
🔷“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.”
🔷“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.”
🔷“Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.”
🔷“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.”
🔷“Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.”
🔷“Simply put: love does.”
🔷“That’s one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.”
🔷“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.”
🔷“That’s because love is never stationary. In the end, love doesn’t just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it. Simply put: love does.”
🔷“The thing I love about God is He intentionally guides people into failure.”
🔷“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.”
🔷“When you trust someone, you don’t need to know everything.”
🔷“Whimsy doesn’t care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.”
🔷“You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.”
Bob Goff quotes about uncertainty
🔷“Courage doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.” — Bob Goff
🔷“Don’t let uncertainty talk you into pursuing a backup plan instead of your purpose.” — Bob Goff
🔷“Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.” — Bob Goff
“I don’t know every step I’m supposed to take.” — Bob Goff
🔷“The way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.” — Bob Goff
Bob Goff quotes about joy
🔷“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
“Do what lasts, get around to everything else.” — Bob Goff
🔷“Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that.” — Bob Goff
🔷“I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.” — Bob Goff
🔷“Living a life fully engaged in 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.” — Bob Goff
🔷“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
🔷“Start from scratch with Jesus every day and then be picky about what you add to your life.” — Bob Goff
Inspiring Bob Goff quotes
🔷“Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s just deciding that fear isn’t calling the shots anymore.” — Bob Goff
🔷“Don’t let other people decide who you are.” — Bob Goff
“God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.” — Bob Goff
🔷“Hope makes our lives page-turners.” — 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.” — Bob Goff
🔷“I used to think I could shape the circumstances around me, but now I know Jesus uses circumstances to shape me.” — Bob Goff
🔷“We don’t really make friends, they make us.” — Bob Goff
🔷“We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.” — Bob Goff
🔷“We spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.” — Bob Goff
Favorite Bob Goff Quotes
🔷“Are we missing that the God of the universe is nuts about us?”
🔷“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.”
🔷“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.”
🔷“God keeps telling us to be not afraid… to Go Big!”
🔷“I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered… Now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that doesn’t matter.”
🔷“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.”
🔷“I used to think I had to act a certain way to follow God, but now I know God doesn’t want us to be typical.”
🔷“I used to think you had to be a failure 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.”
🔷“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.”
“Love cares more about who’s hurting than who’s watching.”
🔷“Love is never stationary in the end. Love doesn’t just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it. Simply put: love does!”
🔷“Love pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end.”
🔷“The brand of love that Jesus offers is more about presence than undertaking a project.”
🔷“The thing I love about God is He intentionally guides people into failure.”
🔷“What do I do to live into the person that Jesus made me to be? Do you know what the answer was for me? I did stuff!”
🔷“What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind. Jesus told the people He was with that it’s not enough to just look like you love God. He said we’d know the extent of our love for God by how well we loved people.”
🔷“When you feel like you can’t explain your faith, go love someone — you just did.”
Famous Bob Goff Quotes
🔷“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.”
🔷“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.”
🔷“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 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 being a believer was enough, but now I know Jesus wants us to participate, no matter what condition we’re in.”
🔷“I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some down.”
🔷“Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.”
Over communicate love; under communicate fear.”
🔷“The teachers I’ve learned the most from, didn’t think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.”
🔷“You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.”
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.”
🔷“The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.”
🔷“Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!”
🔷“Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.”
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.”
🔷“I used to think God wouldn’t talk to me, but now I know I’m just selective with what I choose to hear.”
🔷“The thing I love about God is He intentionally guides people into failure.”
🔷“I used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.”
🔷“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.”
🔷“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?’”
🔷“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.”
🔷“The brand of love that Jesus offers is more about presence than undertaking a project.”
Verdict
Bob Goff Quotes are a great source of inspiration and encouragement for anyone looking to live a life of purpose and joy. His words are empowering and thought-provoking, reminding us to embrace life and make the most of every moment. Bob Goff reminds us to never give up and to always believe in ourselves, no matter what life throws our way. His quotes are a reminder that living life well is the most important thing that we can do.