Andy Stanley Quotes - Page 6

Priority determines capacity.

Is Christianity fair? It is certainly not fair to God. Christians believe that God sent His Son to die for your sins and mine. Fairness would demand that we die for our own sins.

To understand why, submit and apply.

If you're not looking forward to church this morning perhaps it's time to look for a church.

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

Here's something to think about: If God appeared to you and asked, "Why should I let you into heaven?" how would you answer?

Your beliefs shape your attitudes!

Only do what only you can do.

Serving people we don't see eye to eye with is the essence of Christianity. Jesus died for a world with which he didn't see eye to eye. If a bakery doesn't want to sell its products to a gay couple, it's their business. Literally. But leave Jesus out of it.

The greatest thing you do as a leader may not be what you do as a leader but who watches you do what you do.

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

I can go further and faster with someone coaching me than I can on my own.

Success is an intoxicant, and intoxicated people seldom have a firm grasp on reality.

If you capture someone's heart, you will eventually get his hands and feet as well.

Life is filled with problems to be solved and tensions to be managed. Sometimes it helps to know which is which.

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.

It isn't about who is 'for' or 'against' you, it's about who you are for.

Grace is inviting to the unrighteous and threatening to the self-righteous

Our fear of not mattering much has the potential to draw us away from what matters most.

Many years from now, what would you like people to line up and thank you for?

I want people to help me reanchor the church to undeniable, mind-boggling, culture-shifting demonstration of compassion and generosity. Because, generosity was the hallmark of the early church.

One of the most compelling arguments for the Christian faith is the simple fact that it survived.

Blame is a change-avoidance strategy.

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.

The leader who refuses to move until the fear is gone will never move. Consequently, he will never lead.