Andy Stanley Quotes

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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.

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I'm not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn't keep me up at night.

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Two things make a relationship providential: when we hear from God through someone and when we see God in someone.

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I believe one of the best preparations for marriage is participating in a small group. If a person has learned to be intimate and honest with a few friends before they get married, they will have less reason to fear intimacy after they are married.

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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.

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We begin selling ourselves on what we want to do rather than what we ought to do. We listen to ourselves until we believe our own lies, and the we opt for happiness.

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

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No matter how much money we have or make, we will probably never consider ourselves rich. The biggest challenge facing rich people is that they've lost they're ability to recognize that they're rich.

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There are many things I can do, but I have to narrow it down to the one thing I must do. The secret of concentration is elimination.

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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.

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Jesus did not come to strike a balance between grace and truth. He brought the full measure of both.

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

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

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The goal of leadership is not to eradicate uncertainty but rather to navigate it.

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No matter how rich or poor you might feel, right now is the time to be generous.

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Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you.

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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.

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How you live your life on this side of the grave determines what happens next.

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Asking doesn't mean you lack wisdom - it's evidence of wisdom.

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Acknowledging weakness doesn't make a leader less effective. On the contrary, in most cases it is simply a way of expressing that he understands what everyone else has known for some time. When you acknowledge your weaknesses to the rest of your team, it is never new information.

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One of the exciting things about being a believer is watching God unveil His plan for our lives.

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As counterintuitive as it seems, generosity begins wherever you are. It is important to make generosity a priority.

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There are some rich people who, no matter how much God sends their way, never seem to put their hope in their riches.

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You have no idea what hangs in the balance of your decision on what to do with the burden God put in your heart.

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Somehow, what's in our hearts, good or bad is eventually translated into words and deeds.

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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.

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

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If you don't conquer your fear, you are going to miss out on some great things in life.

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

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Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing.

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