Andy Stanley Quotes

Direction, not intention determines your destination.

Your beliefs shape your attitudes!

The insecure leader will interpret critical thinking as critiscism.

Why create churches for 50-year-olds and let culture have the students?

We begin selling ourselves on what we want to do rather than what we ought to do. We listen to ourselves until we believe our own lies, and the we opt for happiness.

When you acknowledge your weaknesses to the rest of the team, it is never new information.

What is your one-sentence job description?

At the end of the day, God's love for me, for you, and for the world is settled at the cross.

Imagine a world where unbelievers were critical of what we believed but envious of how well we treated one another.

The value of a life is determined by what we give away.

A leader should never risk their ability to make a difference by making an unnecessary point.

People who blame things rarely change things. Blame is an unassailable change-avoidance strategy.

We want time in with our kids not time out.

Only do what only you can do.

Leadership is stewardship, it's temporary and you're accountable!

There are many things I can do, but I have to narrow it down to the one thing I must do. The secret of concentration is elimination.

Appetites have only one word in their vocabulary - MORE. Appetites are never fully and finally satisfied. Even after the most satisfying meal imaginable, we eventually find ourselves rummaging through the pantry for a snack.

If you're the only hot dog stand in town, you're hot dogs don't have to be good.

The love of Christ comes from simple people who love simple people. Never be fooled by the spiritual leader who knows a lot but doesn't love a lot.

Lord, give me the wisdom to know what's right and the courage to do what's right-even when it's hard.

What is this generation of students worth? It's worth everything.

I'm concerned about the plight of children. But I'm not on a mission to get all the available orphans in the world adopted into Christian homes.

I've talked to many individuals who want to discuss their problems. But they don't really have problems. They have chosen to live in the wrong direction. They don't need a solution. They need a new direction.

Christians are viewed as being "judgmental, homophobic, moralists" who think they are the only ones going to heaven and who "secretly relish the fact that everyone else is going to hell.

Complexity is the enemy of clarity

There are some rich people who, no matter how much God sends their way, never seem to put their hope in their riches.

Priority determines capacity.

Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.

Leaders, if you allow wonder to shut down in you, you will shut it down in everyone around you.

If a leader goes with their gut, it should be after listening first to people they trust.

If a man can predict his own death and resurrection, and pull it off, I just go with whatever that man says

Grace is the vehicle God uses on occasion to ensure that we get precisely what we dont deserve.

The moment a leader steps away from his core competencies, his effectiveness as a leader diminishes.

Jesus healed people one at a time because God cares about individual people.

As long as you are carrying a secret, as long as you are trying to ease your conscience by telling God how sorry you are, you are setting yourself up to repeat the past.

Telling someone they're wrong is not the same as leading or inspiring them to do what's right.

If it suddenly became impossible for us to cover up all the junk we normally hide from the rest of humanity, I have a feeling we would all get real motivated to deal with the source of what ails us.

Vision is a mental picture of what could be, fueled by a passion that it should be.

The more you expect from a volunteer the more you get.

As you give to fund God's needs, are you forced to trust Him to provide for yours? That's what a growing faith is about. And over the long haul, it's not enough just to commit to a percentage. Growth means reviewing your giving goals and occasionally increasing the percentage you give.

Somehow, what's in our hearts, good or bad is eventually translated into words and deeds.