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Life Quotes by John Ortberg
- The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
- Scratch the surface of any cynic, and you will find a wounded idealist underneath. Because of previous pain or disappointment, cynics make their conclusions about…
- The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
- You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
- The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
- 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…
- 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…
- The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort…
- God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life.
- The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he's coming down.
- You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
- Everybody wears an unseen sign that reads: Inspire me. Remind me that my life matters; call me to be my best self; appeal to whatever…
- The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God's irreplaceable gift to you.
- Make your life about something bigger than your life.
- Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story…
- The human longings that are deep inside of us never go away. They exist across cultures; they exist throughout life. When people were first made,…
- I need to learn. Joy is at the heart of God's plan for human beings. The reason for this is worth pondering awhile: Joy is…
- We must learn to cast off our anxieties because we have so many of them. The world destroys spiritual life by generating constant anxiety. Jesus…
- Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon,…
- The goal of prayer is to live all of my life and speak all of my words in the joyful awareness of the presence of…
- As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
- I need to worship because without it I can forget that I have a Big God beside me and live in fear. I need to…
- Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
- Sin is, somehow, at the root of all human misery. Sin is what keeps us from God and from life. It is in the face…
- In the context of worship, amusement is a waste of time and a waste of life, and therefore a form of sin.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle