When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
Bob GoffRead
Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Seeing people as ordinary diminishes their unique value and potential.
This quote by Bob Goff suggests that when we fail to recognize the extraordinary qualities in others and perceive them as just ordinary, we lose the essence of their uniqueness and potential. Just like wine symbolizes richness and value, viewing people as special allows us to appreciate their true worth and contributions, rather than reducing them to commonplace status.
Themes
PerceptionValueExtraordinaryAppreciationPeople
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech at a leadership seminar, one might say this quote to emphasize the importance of recognizing the potential in others.
More from Bob Goff
All quotes βI used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.
Bob GoffRead
Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It's about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us, a hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That's what I want my life to be all about - full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.
Bob GoffRead
Whimsy doesn't care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.
Bob GoffRead
Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren't controlled by our doubts.
Bob GoffRead
God pursues us into whatever dark place we've landed and behind whatever locked door holds us in. He holds our unwashed and dirty hands and models how He wants us to pursue each other And He says to ordinary people like me and you that instead of closing our eyes and bowing our heads, sometimes God wants us to keep our eyes open for people in need, do something about it, and bow our whole lives to Him instead.
Bob GoffRead
Similar quotes
Some of us have become so addicted to pointing fingers at others for all the wrong that happens in our lives that self-assessment has become synonymous with blaming the victim.
Lz GrandersonRead
Each of us has an inner room where we can visit to be cleansed of fear-based thoughts and feelings. This room, the holy of holies, is a sanctuary of light.
Marianne WilliamsonRead
All of us, whether or not we are warriors, have a cubic centimeter of chance that pops out in front of our eyes from time to time. The difference between an average man and a warrior is that the warrior is aware of this, and one of his tasks is to be alert, deliberately waiting, so that when his cubic centimeter pops out he has the necessary speed, the prowess, to pick it up.
Carlos CastanedaRead
When you procrastinate, you're more likely to let your mind wander. That gives you a better chance of stumbling onto the unusual and spotting unexpected patterns.
Adam GrantRead
Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.
Baltasar GracianRead
beware the average man the average woman beware their love, their love is average seeks average but there is genius in their hatred there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you to kill anybody not wanting solitude not understanding solitude they will attempt to destroy anything that differs from their own not being able to create art they will not understand art they will consider their failure as creators only as a failure of the world
Charles BukowskiRead