Andy Stanley Quotes

In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.

As counterintuitive as it seems, generosity begins wherever you are. It is important to make generosity a priority.

God's extravagant generosity toward us compels us to be extravagantly generous toward others.

You have not been called to change the world, but you have been called to change something.

Communicators need to figure out how well do they engage people, and they should not talk one word longer than people are engaged.

Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you.

Charisma on stage is not necessarily evidence of the Holy Spirit.

What breaks your heart is part of a divine design to bring change!

Is Christianity fair? It is certainly not fair to God. Christians believe that God sent His Son to die for your sins and mine. Fairness would demand that we die for our own sins.

Jesus did not predict a place. Jesus predicted a people.

Nobody at home should feel like they are competing with somebody at work.

Peace is a fruit of the Spirit, not the byproduct of accumulated wealth.

You make PEACE with your past by owning your PIECE of the past.

We ask our volunteers, "Do you work here?" They say, "Not yet."

When Nehemiah's heart was broken he paid attention to his broken heart.

Greed is supported by an endless cast of what-ifs. Greedy people can never have enough to satisfy the need they feel in light of every conceivable eventuality.

Blessed is the man who gets the opportunity to devote his life to something bigger than himself and who finds himself surrounded by friends who share his passion.

No matter how much money we have or make, we will probably never consider ourselves rich. The biggest challenge facing rich people is that they've lost they're ability to recognize that they're rich.

When people are convinced you want something FOR them rather than something FROM them, they are less likely to be offended when you challenge them.

God often showcases his power on the stage of human weakness.

Believe what you want But don't dumb down what Jesus said.

Vions are born in the soul of a man or woman who is consumed with the tension between what is and what could be.

Success is remaining faithful to the process God has laid out for you.

One of the most compelling arguments for the Christian faith is the simple fact that it survived.

Your leadership development strategy is perfectly designed to produce the caliber of leader you currently have.

Being a sinner does not disqualify you from following Jesus. It's a prerequisite.

How you live your life on this side of the grave determines what happens next.

Preaching for life changes requires far less information and more application. Less explanation and more inspiration.

Every arena of life intersects with what's going on in our hearts. Everything passes through on its way to wherever it's going. Everything.

Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible - that is just cheating. It's cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn't how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that.

Progress requires change.

Nothing is more honoring to your heavenly Father than making life decisions based upon what he has claimed about himself.

Saying a prayer won't make you a Christian. Placing your faith in Christ as your savior makes you a Christian.

Jesus did not come to strike a balance between grace and truth. He brought the full measure of both.

You cannot communicate complicated information to large groups of people. As you increase the number of people, you have to decrease the complexity of the information.

We don't drift into good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.

You can't lead without taking risk.

If you see your brother in need, it doesn't matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother's unexpected need.

What percentage should you give? I tell people to start with 10 percent because the Bible writers have a lot to say about the tithe, which means, "tenth." For some people, that's extremely uncomfortable. But so is a colonoscopy, and those save countless lives.

We hurt most who we love the most. Bad grammar, painful truth.

Guilt rarely results in positive behavior. But gratitude? Great things flow from a heart of gratitude.

I can't make people fall in love with Jesus, but I can arrange dates.

If you want to know what Jesus meant by what Jesus said, pay attention to that Jesus did.

The Church is a family expecting guests.

Past boldness is no assurance of future boldness. Boldness demands continual reliance on God's spirit.

Leadership is about uncertainty. Deal with it

Public loyalty results in private leverage.

To understand why, submit and apply.