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

Andy Stanley

Blessed is the man who gets the opportunity to devote his life to something bigger than himself and who finds himself surrounded by friends who share his passion.
ANDY STANLEY

Blessing Himself Man Opportunity Passion Share Surround
Learning never takes place while you’re talking.
ANDY STANLEY

Learning Place Talk Yourself
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.
ANDY STANLEY

Direction Happiness People Point Smart Stupidity Wisdom Yourself
Your friends will determine the quality and direction of your life.
ANDY STANLEY

Determination Direction Friendship Life Quality Yourself
80% of your problems are not PEOPLE problems … they are SYSTEM problems, because systems create the behaviors of people.
ANDY STANLEY

Behavior People Problem
If you see your brother in need, it doesn’t matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother’s unexpected need.
ANDY STANLEY

Brother Expectation God Ideas Need Open
People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.
ANDY STANLEY

Different Direction One People
I’ve talked to many individuals who want to discuss their problems. But they don’t really have problems. They have chosen to live in the wrong direction. They don’t need a solution. They need a new direction.
ANDY STANLEY

Direction Discussion Individual Problem Solution Talk
Vions are born in the soul of a man or woman who is consumed with the tension between what is and what could be.
ANDY STANLEY

Men Soul Tension Vision
God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.
ANDY STANLEY

God Myself Religious Surrender Trust Yourself
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

Change Environment Growth Life Progress
There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.
ANDY STANLEY

Character Judgement Quiz Test
Don’t be fair, be engaged.
ANDY STANLEY

Active Engaged Fair
Our culture highlights all the trouble, all the drama, all the affairs and all the junk. Do not believe for a minute that any of that reflects reality. That does not have to be your future. The handwriting is not written on the wall.
ANDY STANLEY

Believe Drama Minute Wall
Knowledge alone makes Christians haughty. Application makes us holy.
ANDY STANLEY

Alone Application Holy Knowledge
We ask our volunteers, “Do you work here?” They say, “Not yet.”
ANDY STANLEY

Christian Leadership Volunteer

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

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