Andy Stanley

Try to do for the next generation of church leaders what the previous generation of church leaders has not done for you.

A good coach always coaches to a leader's potential, not his current level of performance. A good leadership coach will see the potential in you and inspire you accordingly.

The most significant visions are not cast by great orators from a stage. They are cast at the bedsides of our children. The greatest visioncasting opportunities happen between the hours of 7:30 and 9:30 PM Monday through Sunday. In these closing hours of the day we have a unique opportunity to plant the seeds of what could be and what should be. Take every opportunity you get.

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.

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

Leaders learn to leverage the problems that never go away in a way to create progress for the organization.

Strange as it may sound, it is more difficult to maintain a faith walk when we begin to see our dreams come true. When hopes become realities it is easy to shift our faith onto the thing we have dreamed of and off of the One who was the source of our provision.

The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.

Direction, not intention determines your destination.

Designing and implementing a strategy for change is a waste of time until you have discovered and embraced the current reality. If you don't know where you really are, it is impossible to get where you need to be.

The greatest thing you do as a leader may not _x000D_ be what you do as a leader but who watches you _x000D_ do what you do.

If your leadership isn't all about you, it will live beyond you.

I 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.

Next generation leaders are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside

It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change.

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?