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 Stanley

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It's better to make a difference than to make a by Andy Stanley

It's better to make a difference than to make a

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Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but some... by Andy Stanley

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

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

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Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacri... by Andy Stanley

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

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Your devotion to God is illustrated, demonstrated, and authentica... by Andy Stanley

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

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A leader is someone who has the courage to say publicly what everybody else is whispering privately. It is not his insight that sets the leader apart from the crowd. It is his courage to act and speak up when everyone else is silent....are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside.

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Learning never takes place while you're talking. by Andy Stanley

Learning never takes place while you're talking.

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There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as... by Andy Stanley

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

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You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influ... by Andy Stanley

You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you

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Here’s a question every angry man and woman needs to consider: How long are you going to allow people you don’t even like — people who are no longer in your life, maybe even people who aren’t even alive anymore — to control your life? How long?

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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.

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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.

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

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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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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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Good people don't go to heaven. Forgiven people go to heaven. by Andy Stanley

Good people don't go to heaven. Forgiven people go to heaven.

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Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision... by Andy Stanley

Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference.

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If you devote yourself to more than yourself ... you will have more than yourself to show for yourself.

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Guilt rarely results in positive behavior. But gratitude? Great things flow from a heart of gratitude.

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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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