My Favorite John Ortberg Quotes

“The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.”
― John Ortberg

“Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.” 
― John Ortberg, Who Is This Man?: The Unpredictable Impact of the Inescapable Jesus

“Sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.”
― John Ortberg, When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box

“If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.” - John Ortberg

“Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our day. You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.” 
― John Ortberg, Soul Keeping: Caring For the Most Important Part of You

“Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don't have.” 
― John Ortberg, The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People

“Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.”
― John Ortberg

“Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.” 
― John Ortberg, When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box

“You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy, and confidence in your everyday life with God.” 
― John Ortberg, Soul Keeping: Caring For the Most Important Part of You

“The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are His masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.”
― John Ortberg, The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You