Quotes from Andy Stanley

When a plan or strategy fails, people are tempted to assume it was the wrong vision. Plans and strategies can always be changed and improved. But vision doesn't change. Visions are simply refined with time.

As a pastor, I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.

Most of us wake up every day and make decision that will make us happy, and generally decisions that will make us happy right then in the moment or that day. We are not really on a truth quest.

Preaching on Sunday mornings is such a simple thing, and by complicating it, I think we all do ourselves and the audience a disservice. It is very simple. Here is the model: Make people feel like they need an answer to a question.

Which of these statements creates more anxiety in you: 'There is no God' or 'There is no money'?

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.

God doesn't want to take your money. He just doesn't want your money to take you.

Money comes, money goes. But your story stays with you the rest of your life.

Rich people have the potential to reach a point where they see money as the source of their safety and security.

Vision rarely require immediate action. It requires patience.

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

Guilt rarely results in positive behavior. But gratitude? Great things flow from a heart of gratitude.

God often showcases his power on the stage of human weakness.

There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God's ability to free you from the past.

When I count other people's blessings I lose sight of mine.

Blame enables us to smuggle our issues into our future.

Everything now will prepare you for the next step. Don't run from adversity; lean into it with all your heart and God will make you a leader worth following.

People who blame things rarely change things. Blame is an unassailable change-avoidance strategy.

Celebrate what God has given others. Leverage what God has given you.

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

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

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

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

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