Undistracted Quotes

“We don’t need more facts to find the purpose and kindness and unselfishness we long for; we need a firmly seated faith, a few good friends, and a couple of trustworthy reminders.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“Decide in advance that you will do whatever it takes to get your heart right, and then do it- even if it will kill all previous versions of you. You need to ask yourself what makes your heart beat in ways that make you stronger, more courageous, more giving, and more loving. Figure out what makes your heart skip a beat with joy and what makes it miss a beat with disfunction and distraction.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“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, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“we’re following a God we can’t see, for a lifetime we can’t measure, to a heaven we can’t comprehend, because of grace we didn’t earn.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“If you are a person of faith, at some point you’ll need to decide whether you want to be right or if you want to be Jesus.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“If you want to make a big impact in the world, stop throwing pine on the fire in your life and burn the oak instead. Play the long game.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“The clarity of purpose, undistracted energy, selfless love, and unselfish pursuits you bring to the world will be your legacy. Everything else will look like a distraction by comparison”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“People who live with purpose are willing to be sewn back together; they’re willing to admit they’re separated in the first place, and they’re willing to have some safe friends get involved to help put them back together. Come home to yourself. Get reacquainted with your true self, which is the you everyone sees plus the shadow they don’t. Give yourself a pep talk about how it’s okay to be exactly who you are. The people I enjoy the most aren’t looking to me for validation; they have already arrived there for themselves knowing they are not perfect but that God loves them anyway. They recognize that life is trying to put them in a prison cell of head fakes and faulty expectations. It’s refreshing to be around them, and if this is the kind of person you are becoming, lay out the red carpet and invite these people into your life. Decide to ditch insecurity and replace it with God’s brand of acceptance. Try it. Nothing feels quite so good as tossing off toxic expectations and the distractions of unhealthy peers, workmates, family, and the world around you as you settle into the joy of simply being you.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“We will be known for our opinions but remembered for the love we gave to everyone around us.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“Decide in advance that you will do whatever it takes to get your heart right, and then do it—even if it will kill all previous versions of you.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“The way to beat distraction is to become captivated by something much bigger and much better, such as purpose and joy.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“Remember this: Most disagreeable people out there don’t think they are mean. They think they are right.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“Distraction robs us of the ability to both live in the moment and discern what lasts.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“An unexamined life is a fog of distraction that obscures our whole identity; only the brutally honest are willing to see a newer, better, bigger picture. My”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“I don’t think people trying to make their points are always aware of the damage they are doing to other people’s hearts or their own reputations, but the fact is, they are doing damage. When it comes to the words we use, we’re never shooting blanks even though we think we are. In the Bible, Jesus said that our words are an overflow of whatever is in our hearts.1 I agree and wonder if we understand that many of the words we are using have become distractions to ourselves and the people around us.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“You’ll know you have found the right community when all the talk is about Jesus and what He did with His life—not someone’s opinions about what you ought to be doing with yours.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“think some people in our faith communities have quiet times because someone told them they were supposed to. Then if they don’t make time, they feel guilty. God never mentions quiet time in the Bible, and frankly, I don’t think He cares if we have it or not. What I think He wants is for us to spend undistracted time with Him all the time.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“I’ve never met a courageous cynic. Have you? I have encountered a lot of distracted ones who are trying to convince other people to join them. Don’t take the bait. Even in our faith communities, where you would expect to find a place of abundant love and acceptance, you will find people who gather to gossip and try to control the behaviors of people they disagree with by pointing bony fingers and lobbing sharp words in their direction. Don’t get distracted by this mutation of faith. You’ll know you have found the right community when all the talk is about Jesus and what He did with His life—not someone’s opinions about what you ought to be doing with yours.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“Later, when Jesus was on the cross, He said, “It is finished” as He died and destroyed death.2 In that moment, He created a pathway to love for us; He made God available to us through His sacrifice and presence. He did hard things in life—as well as the hardest thing One could do—and He hopes we will do the hard things too.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“when it comes to generous acts of selfless love, we are rivers, not reservoirs.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“I know it is sometimes dark, but level the wings, get some altitude, keep your eye on the compass, and point your life toward Jesus.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“Don’t let the darkness of your circumstances or the surprises you encounter distract you from your destination. Level the wings, climb a little higher, look for the glow of home, then aim for it.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“Life is full of push; life is full of pull. What I mean is, we are pushed by our insecurities and pulled by anything we think will help us avoid looking as insecure as we actually are. We’re fickle creatures, and sometimes it’s hard to know if we’re coming or going.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“What if you tap the brakes on all the distractions and finish the work you’ve been given rather than worrying about how everyone feels about what you’re doing?”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“People who live with purpose are willing to be sewn back together; they’re willing to admit they’re separated in the first place, and they’re willing to have some safe friends get involved to help put them back together.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“He was not a failure just because he had failed, and you are not a failure just because you got distracted. Dwell on this for a moment. If you have ever failed at something, and my guess is you have, your failure was an event, not your new identity. You were not a failure because you screwed up. A distraction that resulted in failure does not mean you are any less beloved by God.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy - Library Edition

“God does as much on our way back from our failures as He does on the way there with our aspirations.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy - Library Edition

“Most of pride’s prisoners think they are the guards.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“pleasantries”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

“Grace never seems fair until you need a little.”
― Bob Goff, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.