Andy Stanley Quotes - Page 2

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

A fool is a person who knows the difference between right and wrong, and chooses to do wrong.

Maintaining peace with God is more important than keeping pace with someone else.

A leader is someone who has the courage to say publicly what everybody else is whispering privately. It is not his insight that sets the leader apart from the crowd. It is his courage to act and speak up when everyone else is silent....are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside.

Here’s a question every angry man and woman needs to consider: How long are you going to allow people you don’t even like — people who are no longer in your life, maybe even people who aren’t even alive anymore — to control your life? How long?

Your friends will determine the quality and direction of your life.

There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God's ability to free you from the past.

Actions don't only speak louder than words; actions should be used to interpret words.

A single act of courage is often the tipping point for extraordinary change.

Blame enables us to smuggle our issues into our future.

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

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.

Good people don't go to heaven. Forgiven people go to heaven.

The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.

Everything now will prepare you for the next step. Don't run from adversity; lean into it with all your heart and God will make you a leader worth following.

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

You can't resist the will of God and receive the grace of God at the same time.

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

Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference.

The God of Christianity never claims to be fair. He goes beyond fair. The Bible teaches that he decided not to give us what we deserve- that's mercy. In addition, God decided to give us exactly what we didn't deserve- we call that grace.

The more conscious I am of the work God has yet to do in me, the less critical I am about what he has yet to do in you

Celebrate what God has given others. Leverage what God has given you.

If we want to reach the people that no one else is reaching, we've got to do things that no one else is doing.

Pencil in your plans but write your visions in ink

The health of your marriage tomorrow will be determined by the decisions you make today.