John Ortberg Quotes
- Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
- The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
- The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
- The church is in the hope business.
- You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
- What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
- "Sometimes in churches somebody will discover a particular vein of spirituality and seek to recruit others into it, or assume a superior position because they…
- Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
- Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
- The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
- Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
- Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
- Who you become while you're waiting is as important as what you're waiting for.
- Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
- It's better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
- There is a immense difference between training to do something and trying to do something....Sp iritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but…
- A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
- Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
- Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
- The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about…