Generosity won’t happen unless you make it a priority. The best way to make giving a priority is to make it the very first check you write every month. Before the mortgage. Before groceries or clothing. Before saving. Whatever the amount, do it first.
ANDY STANLEYWe rob ourselves when we make decisions in the moment with no thought of how those decisions will impact our futures.
More Andy Stanley Quotes
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Learning never takes place while you’re talking.
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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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It isn’t about who is ‘for’ or ‘against’ you, it’s about who you are for.
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Any fear associated with giving to God’s kingdom is irrational. It’s on par with a farmer who, out of fear of losing his seed, refuses to plant his fields.
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One never accomplishes the will of God by breaking the law of God, violating the principles of God, or ignoring the wisdom of God.
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You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you.
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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.
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God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.
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People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.
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People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don’t plan not to.
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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.
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There is something insincere about a man or woman who repeatedly tells God how much he or she loves Him while refusing to obey Him.
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When happiness points in one direction while wisdom, truth, integrity, and common sense point in another, that’s when really smart people start doing really stupid things.
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Telling someone they’re wrong is not the same as leading or inspiring them to do what’s right.
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Stop looking for solutions to problems and start looking for the right path.
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Leaders, if you allow wonder to shut down in you, you will shut it down in everyone around you.
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We ask our volunteers, “Do you work here?” They say, “Not yet.”
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Imagine a world where unbelievers were critical of what we believed but envious of how well we treated one another.
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The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.
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When I count other people’s blessings I lose sight of mine.
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Knowledge alone makes Christians haughty. Application makes us holy.
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Spiritual maturity is measured in terms of persevering faith, not perfect behavior.
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It’s better to make a difference than to make a point.
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Pencil in your plans but write your visions in ink.
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You will never maximize your potential in any area without coaching. It is impossible. You may be good. You may even be better than everyone else. But without outside input you will never be as good as you could be.
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God’s extravagant generosity toward us compels us to be extravagantly generous toward others.
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