519 Quotes by Andy Stanley

The people closest to you routinely catch the flak thrown off by the explosive stuff you normally work so hard to keep hidden.

Giving is the way God chooses to change our hearts. As your heart changes, your attitude and feelings will follow suit. God loves a cheerful giver, but he’ll put your money to good use whether you’re cheerful or not. My advice: Give until you get cheerful. As I’ve said, our giving must impact our.

What kind of vision are you casting for the people around you? Dad, what kind of vision are you casting for your children? Mom, what kind of vision are you casting for your husband? Grandparent, what about those grandkids? Leader, what kind of personal visions are you casting for the people who have invested their time and talents in your vision?

One gets to the place one wants to be the same way one got to the place one didn’t want to be – by putting one foot in front of the other and moving in a specific direction.

Think about this for a moment. What would happen if you were to begin speaking to people’s potential rather than their performance? What if you made it a habit to dispense the same type of grace to others as has been poured out on you? What would happen if you intentionally laced your conversations with notions of what could be true of the people around you?

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

Believe what you want But don’t dumb down what Jesus said.

The best way to know if someone is prepared to commit is to examine his or her prior commitments. If you want to know how someone will behave tomorrow, take a look at what he or she did yesterday.

You don’t sit around looking for reasons to do the right thing; it’s the bad decisions that require creative reasoning.