Andy Stanley Quotes - Page 13

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

It's ok for people to feel bad about the wrong things they've done.

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

If you're a preacher's kid, you see the church differently.

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

There is a big difference between being a leader and actually leading.

As your organizational authority increases, your organizational IQ decreases.

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

Public loyalty results in private leverage.

You won't take risk without courage.

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.

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

Broken-hearted leaders change things that go beyond their generation.

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

Praying for revival equates to blaming God for the condition of your local church.

It's OK to offend people with the Gospel, but, good grief- let's don't offend them with something else.

Every time I stand to communicate, I want to take one simple truth and lodge it in the heart of the listener. I want them to know that one thing and know what to do with it.

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

Environments are the messages before the message.

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

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

If fear causes you to retreat from your dreams, you will never give the world anything new.

Leaders learn to leverage the problems that never go away in a way to create progress for the organization.

Success means your options multiply. Size increases complexity, and complexity can confuse vision.

What you fear most will determine whether you merely save for the future or give for the future.