Andy Stanley Quotes

There is an inexorable correlation between leadership and change.

Authority does not equal competency.

The value of a life is determined by what we give away.

You can't lead without taking risk.

The reason we're here today is because years ago God broke Reggie Joiner's heart over the state of children.

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

Will I allow my fear to bind me to mediocrity?

No one ever has the resources they need.

Resources follow vision.

If you're a preacher's kid, you see the church differently.

As your organizational authority increases, your organizational IQ decreases.

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

Whenever there is fear, there is opportunity. When there is great fear, there is great opportunity.

Sometimes it is the destinations out of reach that create the circumstances God uses to remind that we are never out of his reach.

If a leader goes with their gut, it should be after listening first to people they trust.

This is why we give up on things that break our heart because it requires change.

You won't take risk without courage.

Success means your options multiply. Size increases complexity, and complexity can confuse vision.

Your leadership development strategy is perfectly designed to produce the caliber of leader you currently have.

Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.

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.

Purpose should determine approach. At the end of the day, it's what we do, not what we purposed to do, that defines our lives and reputations.

Something I've noticed. Church planters don't pray for revival. They pray for opportunity, favor with the unchurched and leaders.

Leaders love progress.

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

Preacher's kids need another consistent voice in their lives over the years.

There is a big difference between being a leader and actually leading.

The more you expect from a volunteer the more you get.

In a volunteer organization there has to be time for community.

In leadership there are always problems to be solved and tensions to be managed. When you try to solve a tension, you create a problem.

We always have more ideas than we can fund.

Public loyalty results in private leverage.

Leaders learn to leverage the problems that never go away in a way to create progress for the organization.

Vision evokes emotion. There is no such thing as an emotionless vision.

Leaders, if you allow wonder to shut down in you, you will shut it down in everyone around you.

It's OK to offend people with the Gospel, but, good grief- let's don't offend them with something else.

Christians are viewed as being "judgmental, homophobic, moralists" who think they are the only ones going to heaven and who "secretly relish the fact that everyone else is going to hell.

If you're the only hot dog stand in town, you're hot dogs don't have to be good.

Who are you and what breaks your heart?

If we start to dumb down what has been made clear, where does that stop?

You are where you are because the generation before you paid attention to their broken heart.

If fear causes you to retreat from your dreams, you will never give the world anything new.

It's ok for people to feel bad about the wrong things they've done.

Environments are the messages before the message.

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

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

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.

One of the primary reasons we don't seek counsel from the wise people around us is that we already know what we are going to hear--and we just don't want to hear it.

Our greatest moral regrets are always preceded by a series of unwise choices.

Relationships are built on small, consistent deposits of time. You can't cram for what's most important. If you want to connect with your kids, you've got to be available consistently, not randomly.