In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.
ANDY STANLEYI believe one of the best preparations for marriage is participating in a small group. If a person has learned to be intimate and honest with a few friends before they get married, they will have less reason to fear intimacy after they are married.
More Andy Stanley Quotes
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80% of your problems are not PEOPLE problems … they are SYSTEM problems, because systems create the behaviors of people.
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Your friends will determine the quality and direction of your life.
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It’s better to make a difference than to make a point.
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You can’t influence people you refuse to associate with.
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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.
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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.
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Leadership is stewardship, it’s temporary and you’re accountable!
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What is this generation of students worth? It’s worth everything.
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The followers of Jesus did not die for what they believed – they died for what they claim to have seen.
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Not the one who knows the most, but the one who loves faithfully and consistently the most, is a true follower of Jesus.
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The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.
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We’re so absorbed in the effort to get rich, we no longer recognize when we are rich.
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What you fear most will determine whether you merely save for the future or give for the future.
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My hope is not in riches but in him who richly provides.
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Leaders are all about what isn’t and what-needs-to-be be.
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I can go further and faster with someone coaching me than I can on my own.
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The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.
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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.
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Your beliefs shape your attitudes!
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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.
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God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.
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Guilt rarely results in positive behavior. But gratitude? Great things flow from a heart of gratitude.
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Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference.
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Yes, God uses the uneducated to confound the wise. But that doesn’t make ignorance a virtue.
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People are far more interested in what works than what’s true.
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The leader who refuses to move until the fear is gone will never move. Consequently, he will never lead.
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