Top 280 Bob Goff Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “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.”

— Bob Goff

52. “God isn’t trying to make our lives easier; He wants to make them more meaningful.”

— Bob Goff

53. “I used to think I could shape the circumstances around me, but now I know Jesus uses circumstances to shape me.”

— Bob Goff

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

— Bob Goff

55. “We can be the light of the world without leaving our high beams on and annoying everybody.”

— Bob Goff

56. “No one leads people to Jesus; He leads people to Himself. All the pressure’s off; just go love everybody without agenda.”

— Bob Goff

57. “I used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.”

— Bob Goff

58. “We don’t really make friends, they make us.”

— Bob Goff

59. “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

60. “Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.”

— Bob Goff

61. “Don’t let not knowing how it’ll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.”

— Bob Goff

62. “Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.”

— Bob Goff

63. “God never said He’d eliminate all of the chaos from our lives; He just said He’d bring meaning to it.”

— Bob Goff

64. “There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who walk into a room and say, ‘Here I am’ and those who walk into a room and say, ‘There you are.”

— Bob Goff

65. “Sometimes the things we think are the impediments are actually the path.”

— Bob Goff

66. “God made beauty so we’d know how He felt about us.”

— Bob Goff

67. “God keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big.”

— Bob Goff

68. “Live your life like you’re exactly who Jesus thinks you are.”

— Bob Goff

69. “Love does whatever it takes to multiply itself and somehow along the way everyone becomes a part of it.”

— Bob Goff

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

— Bob Goff

71. “Our opinions are what we’ll be known for; our love is what we’ll be remembered for.”

— Bob Goff

72. “The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.”

— Bob Goff

73. “Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it’s different, but because it’s the same.”

— Bob Goff

74. “God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.”

— Bob Goff

75. “You become like the people you hang around, and to a great degree, you end up going wherever they’re headed.”

— Bob Goff

76. “What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.”

— Bob Goff

77. “Do what lasts, get around to everything else.”

— Bob Goff

78. “The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.”

— Bob Goff

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

— Bob Goff

80. “The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.”

— Bob Goff

81. “Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.”

— Bob Goff

82. “You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.”

— Bob Goff

83. “We all want to have a place where we can dream and escape anything that wraps steel bands around our imagination and creativity.”

— Bob Goff

84. “I used to think I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn’t want stalkers.”

— Bob Goff

85. “God often waits until we’re out of ideas before He lets us know His plans. He competes for our hearts, not our attention.”

— Bob Goff

86. “Do one heroic thing today; big or small doesn’t matter because it defines who you are and what you really believe.”

— Bob Goff

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

— Bob Goff

88. “Courageous people feel the same fear everyone else does, they just decide to not be afraid anymore.”

— Bob Goff

89. “Jesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking.”

— Bob Goff

90. “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

91. “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.”

— Bob Goff

92. “Start from scratch with Jesus every day and then be picky about what you add to your life.”

— Bob Goff

93. “I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.”

— Bob Goff

94. “People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.”

— Bob Goff

95. “We determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.”

— Bob Goff

96. “Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!”

— Bob Goff

97. “God delights in answering our impossible prayers.”

— Bob Goff

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

— Bob Goff

99. “Do one thing that’s heroic for you today – big or small – and fear won’t define you anymore.”

— Bob Goff

100. “Burning down others’ opinions doesn’t make us right. It makes us arsonists.”

— Bob Goff