Andy Stanley Quotes - Page 4

Progress requires change.

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

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.

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

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

The Church is a family expecting guests.

Nothing has stolen more dreams, dashed more hopes, broken up more families, and messed up more people psychologically than our propensity to disregard God's commands regarding sexual purity.

Not the one who knows the most, but the one who loves faithfully and consistently the most, is a true follower of Jesus.

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

Any fear associated with giving to God's kingdom is irrational. It's on par with a farmer who, out of fear of losing his seed, refuses to plant his fields.

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.

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.

There is something insincere about a man or woman who repeatedly tells God how much he or she loves Him while refusing to obey Him.

What God originates, God orchestrates.

The followers of Jesus did not die for what they believed - they died for what they claim to have seen.

Christianity teaches that when man sinned, God opted for forgiveness rather than fairness. He opted for grace and mercy rather than justice.

Do you think God can be trusted? Or do yo think you need to take things into your own hands?

Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to follow us to places we ourselves have never been.

God doesn’t want to take your money. He just doesn’t want your money to take you.

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

My high school science teacher once told me that much of Genesis is false. But since my high school teacher did not prove he was God by rising from the dead, I'm going to believe Jesus instead.

It is when our hearts are stirred that we become most aware of what they contain.

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

Leadership is not always about getting things done 'right.' Leadership is about getting things done through other people.

Next generation leaders are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside