Authority does not equal competency. Pass decisions down to those who can best handle them. Andy Stanley More Quotes by Andy Stanley More Quotes From Andy Stanley Yes, God uses the uneducated to confound the wise. But that doesn't make ignorance a virtue. Andy Stanley ignoranceusewise The great challenge is how to marry creativity with discipline so that discipline amplifies creativity without destroying it. Andy Stanley creativitydisciplinechallenges 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 passionblessedblessing Leaders who carry unresolved guilt are forced to hide a part of themselves from those to whom they are closest. They have a secret. They are forced to expend time and energy to ensure that no one finds them out. They know they are not completely trustworthy. Often they assume no one else is either. Guilty leaders have a difficult time trusting. Consequently, guilty leaders have a difficult time building teams. Andy Stanley teamleadersecret Priority determines capacity. Andy Stanley prioritiesdeterminecapacity What is this generation of students worth? It's worth everything. Andy Stanley churchleadershipchristian It isn't about who is 'for' or 'against' you, it's about who you are for. Andy Stanley who-you-are Nothing is more honoring to your heavenly Father than making life decisions based upon what he has claimed about himself. Andy Stanley christianfaithfather Loyalty publicly results in leverage privately. Andy Stanley resultsloyalty Telling someone they're wrong is not the same as leading or inspiring them to do what's right. Andy Stanley There are many things I can do, but I have to narrow it down to the one thing I must do. The secret of concentration is elimination. Andy Stanley eliminationconcentrationsecret Many years from now, what would you like people to line up and thank you for? Andy Stanley leadershipchristianyears Preaching for life changes requires far less information and more application. Less explanation and more inspiration. Andy Stanley life-changingcommunicationinspiration As leaders, we are never responsible for filling anyone else's cup. Our responsibility is to empty ours. Andy Stanley cupsleaderresponsibility You cannot communicate complicated information to large groups of people. As you increase the number of people, you have to decrease the complexity of the information. Andy Stanley groupsnumberspeople Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing. Andy Stanley dealslittlesmean People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don't plan not to. Andy Stanley messplanspeople I've concluded that while nobody plans to mess up their life, the problem is that a few of us plan not to. That is, we don't put the necessary safeguards in place to ensure a happy ending. Andy Stanley happy-endingsplansproblem Leadership is not always about getting things done 'right.' Leadership is about getting things done through other people. Andy Stanley getting-things-donedonepeople 80% of your problems are not PEOPLE problems ... they are SYSTEM problems, because systems create the behaviors of people. Andy Stanley behaviorproblempeople
