Andy Stanley Quotes - Page 8

The greatest motivator of change is a crystal-clear vision of what the future should look like.

Why create churches for 50-year-olds and let culture have the students?

Nobody at home should feel like they are competing with somebody at work.

Personal Vision is often the catalyst for wise decisions.

For reasons known only to him, God has chosen to work through men and women who are willing to make sacrifices for the sake of the "thing" he has placed in their hearts to do. If God bas birthed a vision in you, it is only a matter of time until you will come upon the precipice of sacrifice.

Don’t strive to be a well-rounded leader. Instead, discover your zone and stay there. Then delegate everything else.

The great challenge is how to marry creativity with discipline so that discipline amplifies creativity without destroying it.

People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.

Appetites have only one word in their vocabulary - MORE. Appetites are never fully and finally satisfied. Even after the most satisfying meal imaginable, we eventually find ourselves rummaging through the pantry for a snack.

If your leadership isn't all about you, it will live beyond you.

Jesus did not predict a place. Jesus predicted a people.

I've concluded that while nobody plans to mess up their life, the problem is that a few of us plan not to. That is, we don't put the necessary safeguards in place to ensure a happy ending.

It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God

A good coach always coaches to a leader's potential, not his current level of performance. A good leadership coach will see the potential in you and inspire you accordingly.

Our culture highlights all the trouble, all the drama, all the affairs and all the junk. Do not believe for a minute that any of that reflects reality. That does not have to be your future. The handwriting is not written on the wall.

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.

One of the most difficult tasks of visioneering is distinguishing between good ideas and God ideas.

If a volunteer can help us with an immediate need, we can put them in a place to make their greatest contribution.

As leaders, we are never responsible for filling anyone else's cup. Our responsibility is to empty ours.

Your response to opportunities, adversities and calling, determine the type of leader you become.

Leadership is about uncertainty. Deal with it

Courage is essential to leadership.

[God] wants you to go home, look at your bucket of seed, and determine in your heart how much you'd like to sow. He wants you to consider thoughtfully your current circumstances, your life, your potential, and your finances. He wants you to involve your family. He wants you to pray about it. And then He wants you to come up with a plan.

In our minds, rich is always the other person, the other family. Rich is having more than you currently have. If that is the case, you can be rich and not feel it. You can be rich and not know it.

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