Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it's a very good thing they are alive.
John Ortberg
Acceptance is an act of the ...
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If you can't do great things, Mother Teresa used to say, do little things with great love. If you can't do them with great love, do them with a little love. If you can't do them with a little love, do them anyway.
Love grows when people serve.
John Ortberg
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
John Ortberg
The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can't find it anywhere else, try looking here.
John Ortberg
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
John Ortberg
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 life before the questions have even been asked. This means that beyond just seeing what is wrong with the world, cynics lack the courage to do something about it. The dynamic beneath cynicism is a fear of accepting responsibility.
John Ortberg
