Latest Andy Stanley Quotes from Interviews

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• I want people to help me reanchor the church to undeniable, mind-boggling, culture-shifting demonstration of compassion and generosity. Because, generosity was the hallmark of the early church.

  Andy Stanley

  Compassion, People, Generosity

  Source: paulsohn.org

• I'm not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn't keep me up at night.

  Andy Stanley

  Night, Issues, Care

  Source: paulsohn.org

• I'm concerned about the plight of children. But I'm not on a mission to get all the available orphans in the world adopted into Christian homes.

  Andy Stanley

  Christian, Children, Home

  Source: paulsohn.org

• If you feed an appetite, it grows. Satisfying an appetite does not diminish it. It expands it. To diminish an appetite, you have to starve it.

  Andy Stanley

  Doe, Appetite, Grows

  Source: paulsohn.org

• Appetites have only one word in their vocabulary - MORE. Appetites are never fully and finally satisfied. Even after the most satisfying meal imaginable, we eventually find ourselves rummaging through the pantry for a snack.

  Andy Stanley

  Vocabulary, Snacks, Meals

  Source: paulsohn.org

• While generosity may be the antidote for the dizzying effects of wealth, your appetite for more may function as an antidote against God-honoring generosity. Your appetite for more stuff, status, and security has the potential to quash your efforts to be generous. And that's a problem.

  Andy Stanley

  Generosity, Effort, May

  Source: paulsohn.org

• No matter how much money we have or make, we will probably never consider ourselves rich. The biggest challenge facing rich people is that they've lost they're ability to recognize that they're rich.

  Andy Stanley

  People, Challenges, Matter

  Source: paulsohn.org

• What percentage should you give? I tell people to start with 10 percent because the Bible writers have a lot to say about the tithe, which means, "tenth." For some people, that's extremely uncomfortable. But so is a colonoscopy, and those save countless lives.

  Andy Stanley

  Mean, People, Giving

  Source: paulsohn.org

• 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

  Writing, Generosity, Giving

  Source: paulsohn.org

• Generosity helps us make a concerted effort to keep the needs of others in the forefront of our thinking. Rich people should not feel guilty, but we should feel responsible. We are called to be good stewards of the resources we have been privileged to manage.

  Andy Stanley

  Thinking, Generosity, Effort

  "Atlanta Megachurch Pastor Andy Stanley 'Uncomfortably Bold' on Confronting Christians About Wealth, Generosity". Interview with Ruth Malhotra, www.christianpost.com. January 2, 2014.

• When you make giving a priority, something happens inside of you. Especially when it's financially challenging to do so. It's like you loosen your grip on a value system whose motto says, "Money is the key to life and happiness and safety."

  Andy Stanley

  Keys, Safety, Giving

  Source: paulsohn.org

• Generosity helps us cultivate awareness of things that really matter. Opportunities that make a real difference in the world.

  Andy Stanley

  Real, Opportunity, Differences

  Source: paulsohn.org

• As counterintuitive as it seems, generosity begins wherever you are. It is important to make generosity a priority.

  Andy Stanley

  Generosity, Priorities, Important

  Source: paulsohn.org

• No matter how rich or poor you might feel, right now is the time to be generous.

  Andy Stanley

  Rich Or Poor, Might, Matter

  Source: paulsohn.org

• There are some rich people who, no matter how much God sends their way, never seem to put their hope in their riches.

  Andy Stanley

  People, Matter, Riches

  Source: paulsohn.org

• Rich people have the potential to reach a point where they see money as the source of their safety and security.

  Andy Stanley

  People, Safety, Rich

  "Q&A with Andy Stanley: How to be Rich". Interview with Sandra Glahn, voice.dts.edu. January 7, 2014.

• In our minds, rich is always the other person, the other family. Rich is having more than you currently have. If that is the case, you can be rich and not feel it. You can be rich and not know it.

  Andy Stanley

  Mind, Rich, Cases

  Source: paulsohn.org