If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.

— John Ortberg

If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.

— John Ortberg

I have given up the idea that there is an opposition-free church out there. But I have gained something else - an appreciation for the gift of opposition. When it comes, I learn something about my motives. When it comes, I get to test my courage.

— John Ortberg

Jesus is why women have traveled continents, spent decades learning a strange language so they could translate the Gospel, planting churches, caring for the sick, educating the illiterate, and marching for the oppressed.

— John Ortberg

Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.

— John Ortberg

Learning something new is a fabulous way to be refreshed. When work can grind you down, something about learning a new activity thrills the soul. It reminds you that the world is bigger than your desk and your to-do list.

— John Ortberg

Love of learning led to monasteries, which became the cradle of academic guilds.

— John Ortberg

No heart is as whole as a broken heart, and no faith is as solid as a wounded faith." Elie Wiesel

— John Ortberg

Politics, after all, is largely about power. And power goes to the core of our issues of control and narcissism and need to be right and tendency to divide the human race into 'us' vs. 'them.'

— John Ortberg

...sin is often the attempt to meet a legitimate need in an illegitimate way.

— John Ortberg