Best 278 quotes of Andy Stanley on MyQuotes

The root of anger is the perception that something has been taken. Something is owed you, and now a debt to debtor relationship has been established.

The sermon begins in the parking lot.

The starting block for people who are going to stay in love is mutual submission.

This is why we give up on things that break our heart because it requires change.

To be the best next-generation leader you can be, you must enlist the help of others. Self-evaluation is helpful, but evaluation from someone else is essential. You need a leadership coach. Coaching enables a leader to go further faster.

Try to do for the next generation of church leaders what the previous generation of church leaders has not done for you.

T-shirts create a sense of "We". Food says, "We don't mind spending money on you.

Two primary ways to keep volunteers motivated - Food and T-shirts.

Two things make a relationship providential: when we hear from God through someone and when we see God in someone.

Uncertainty in a leader is always magnified in the heart of the follower.

Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.

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

Vision evokes emotion. There is no such thing as an emotionless vision.

Vision rarely require immediate action. It requires patience.

We always have more ideas than we can fund.

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

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.

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

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

We're so absorbed in the effort to get rich, we no longer recognize when we are rich.

We rob ourselves when we make decisions in the moment with no thought of how those decisions will impact our futures.

What breaks my heart is in the United States hundreds of thousands wake up on a Sunday and church never crosses their mind.

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

What does it say about us that we are rarely perplexed by the good things that come our way, only the bad?

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

What is your one-sentence job description?

When I count other people's blessings I lose sight of mine.

What people pray for will tell you more than anything else whether they are locked into the vision and priorities of the church.

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.

What would bring about a revival of epic proportion?

When a plan or strategy fails, people are tempted to assume it was the wrong vision. Plans and strategies can always be changed and improved. But vision doesn't change. Visions are simply refined with time.

Whenever there is fear, there is opportunity. When there is great fear, there is great opportunity.

When happiness points in one direction while wisdom, truth, integrity, and common sense point in another, that's when really smart people start doing really stupid things.

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

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.

When the house is on fire, don't tell me what your spiritual gift is. Just grab a hose and put out the fire.

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

When you harness your leadership skill to your broken heart change happens.

When you make giving a priority, something happens inside of you. Especially when it's financially challenging to do so. It's like you loosen your grip on a value system whose motto says, "Money is the key to life and happiness and safety.

When your memories exceed your dreams, the end is near.

When you start thinking you're a big shot, you wash more feet.

Where there is no uncertainty, there is no longer the need for leadership. The greater the uncertainty, the greater the need for leadership. Your capacity as a leader will be determined by how well you learn to deal with uncertainty.

Where there's no progress, there's no growth. If there's no growth, there's no life. Environments void of change are eventually void of life.

Which of these statements creates more anxiety in you: 'There is no God' or 'There is no money'?

While generosity may be the antidote for the dizzying effects of wealth, your appetite for more may function as an antidote against God-honoring generosity. Your appetite for more stuff, status, and security has the potential to quash your efforts to be generous. And that's a problem.

Why? Why did God provide me with more than I need?

Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.

Yes, God uses the uneducated to confound the wise. But that doesn't make ignorance a virtue.

You are where you are because the generation before you paid attention to their broken heart.

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.