Bob Goff Quotes

I’m a really big believer that we all have this voice inside of us, and that voice is God talking to us, and we are all magical, and we all have something as specific to do as our fingerprint. And everybody should go out and do that. And I think between the ages of 15 and 32, don’t worry about getting married, don’t worry about settling down, don’t worry about having a baby. Give birth to yourself.

The key to creating passion in your life is to find your unique talents, and your special role and purpose in the world.

Each man had only one genuine vocation to find the way to himself.

Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them.

You just have to do; you can't live by the rules of what you're supposed to do. I think every person is good at something, and you just have to push that forward.

We are all very individual. You have to find out what you can do best, and be self-conscious about that.

Your job is not just to do what your parents say, what your teachers say, what society says, but to figure out what your heart calling is and to be led by that.

We are all good at things - a varied assortment of things - and we all desperately need to find out what those things are for our self-esteem. If there is anything young people need, it is confidence and an identity and a purpose.

You should do as much stuff as you have the ability to do because it will help you find what you really want to do.

You remember our talk about purpose and meaning?" he asked me, the smile disappearing. "Well, I think this might be mine. I think this is what I was meant to do, Georgina.

I'm fascinated by people's process. Everyone's process is a little bit different, and just to see the different paths that people take to get where they are is really interesting to me.

Every single person has a life to live, a work to do, a glorious personality, a wonderful individuality.

Whenever I mentor people and help them discover their purpose, I always encourage them to start the process by discovering their strengths, not exploring their shortcomings. Why? Because people's purpose in life is always connected to their giftedness. It always works that way. You are not called to do something that you have no talent for. You will discover your purpose by finding and remaining in your strength zone.

It's true that the best way of knowing yourself is to put yourself into different situations.

You do not need to be different from who you are. You only need to be more of the person you already are.

The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.

You were born to achieve, to release your inner power, to fulfill your uniqueness.

Everyone has to grow up and that's what we're all doing; we're just doing it in different ways.

The finest life is spent creating oneself, not procreating.

I've accepted the fact that because I'm human, I'm terrific in one thing, good at some, mediocre at a bit more, and terrible at others. And if you're human, you are too. You'll have to discover the one thing that you are good at and major in it.

Everyone should try to scratch their name on the bomb of life.

Can you every single day tell a true testimony of who you are? That's really what life is about.

We are all born with wonderful gifts. We use these gifts to express ourselves, to amuse, to strengthen, and to communicate. We begin as children to explore and develop our talents, often unaware that we are unique, that not everyone can do what we're doing!

It takes a long time to sound like yourself.

You and I were created by God to be so much more than normal…Following the crowd is not a winning approach to life. In the end it’s a loser’s game, because we never become who God created us to be by trying to be like everybody else.