Top 350 Andy Stanley Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say.”

— Andy Stanley

2. “We don’t drift into good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.”

— Andy Stanley

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3. “Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.”

— Andy Stanley

4. “Direction, not intention determines your destination.”

— Andy Stanley

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

— Andy Stanley

6. “Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone.”

— Andy Stanley

7. “Success is remaining faithful to the process God has laid out for you.”

— Andy Stanley

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

— Andy Stanley

9. “The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.”

— Andy Stanley

10. “Leadership is stewardship, it’s temporary and you’re accountable!”

— Andy Stanley

11. “Next generation leaders are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside.”

— Andy Stanley

12. “Whenever there is fear, there is opportunity. When there is great fear, there is great opportunity.”

— Andy Stanley

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

— Andy Stanley

14. “Where there is no uncertainty, there is no longer the need for leadership. The greater the uncertainty, the greater the need for leadership. Your capacity as a leader will be determined by how well you learn to deal with uncertainty.”

— Andy Stanley

15. “If a man can predict his own death and resurrection, and pull it off, I just go with whatever that man says.”

— Andy Stanley

16. “A good coach always coaches to a leader’s potential, not his current level of performance. A good leadership coach will see the potential in you and inspire you accordingly.”

— Andy Stanley

17. “Only do what only you can do.”

— Andy Stanley

18. “Greed is not a financial issue. It’s a heart issue.”

— Andy Stanley

19. “Jesus is the hope of the world and the local church is the vehicle of expressing that hope to the world.”

— Andy Stanley

20. “When your memories exceed your dreams, the end is near.”

— Andy Stanley

21. “God’s extravagant generosity toward us compels us to be extravagantly generous toward others.”

— Andy Stanley

22. “Jealous leaders measure their success by the failure of others.”

— Andy Stanley

23. “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.”

— Andy Stanley

24. “Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice. It is an investment.”

— Andy Stanley

25. “Priority determines capacity.”

— Andy Stanley

26. “To be the best next-generation leader you can be, you must enlist the help of others. Self-evaluation is helpful, but evaluation from someone else is essential. You need a leadership coach. Coaching enables a leader to go further faster.”

— Andy Stanley

27. “If we want to reach the people that no one else is reaching, we’ve got to do things that no one else is doing.”

— Andy Stanley

28. “Stop looking for solutions to problems and start looking for the right path.”

— Andy Stanley

29. “Your devotion to God is illustrated, demonstrated, and authenticated by your love for others.”

— Andy Stanley

30. “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.”

— Andy Stanley

31. “Creating breathing room financially may lower your standard of living but raise your quality of life.”

— Andy Stanley

32. “Greed is the assumption that it is all for my consumption.”

— Andy Stanley

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33. “Past boldness is no assurance of future boldness. Boldness demands continual reliance on God’s spirit.”

— Andy Stanley

34. “You make PEACE with your past by owning your PIECE of the past.”

— Andy Stanley

35. “Progress requires change.”

— Andy Stanley

36. “Leadership is not always about getting things done ‘right.’ Leadership is about getting things done through other people.”

— Andy Stanley

37. “Will I allow my fear to bind me to mediocrity?”

— Andy Stanley

38. “The greatest motivator of change is a crystal-clear vision of what the future should look like.”

— Andy Stanley

39. “What breaks your heart is part of a divine design to bring change!”

— Andy Stanley

40. “At the end of the day, God’s love for me, for you, and for the world is settled at the cross.”

— Andy Stanley

41. “If you feed an appetite, it grows. Satisfying an appetite does not diminish it. It expands it. To diminish an appetite, you have to starve it.”

— Andy Stanley

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

— Andy Stanley

43. “One of the most difficult tasks of visioneering is distinguishing between good ideas and God ideas.”

— Andy Stanley

44. “The more conscious I am of the work God has yet to do in me, the less critical I am about what he has yet to do in you.”

— Andy Stanley

45. “The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.”

— Andy Stanley

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

— Andy Stanley

47. “There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.”

— Andy Stanley

48. “What God originates, God orchestrates.”

— Andy Stanley

49. “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.”

— Andy Stanley

50. “The Church is a family expecting guests.”

— Andy Stanley