Andy Stanley Quotes

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

One never accomplishes the will of God by breaking the law of God, violating the principles of God, or ignoring the wisdom of God.

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

Grace is not reserved for good people; grace underscores the goodness of God.

T-shirts create a sense of "We". Food says, "We don't mind spending money on you."

Authority does not equal competency. Pass decisions down to those who can best handle them.

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

Peace is a fruit of the Spirit, not the byproduct of accumulated wealth.

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

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

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

If the Old and New Testament teach us anything, they teach us that nothing is too difficult for God. What he originates, he orchestrates.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

As long as you are carrying a secret, as long as you are trying to ease your conscience by telling God how sorry you are, you are setting yourself up to repeat the past.

When your memories exceed your dreams, the end is near.

Leadership is stewardship, it's temporary and you're accountable!

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.

God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.

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

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

Past boldness is no assurance of future boldness. Boldness demands continual reliance on God's spirit.

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.

Personal Vision is often the catalyst for wise decisions.

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

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

If you're a Christian you can't have an "I'm better than" attitude toward anyone because everybody is somebody for whom Jesus died.

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

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

...often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.

The love of Christ comes from simple people who love simple people. Never be fooled by the spiritual leader who knows a lot but doesn't love a lot.

Nothing is more honoring to your heavenly Father than making life decisions based upon what he has claimed about himself.

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

The more successful you are the less accessible you will become.

Your beliefs shape your attitudes!

Jesus never allowed His theology to get in the way of His ministry.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Lord, give me the wisdom to know what's right and the courage to do what's right-even when it's hard.