Andy Stanley Heart Quotations

Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.

Somehow, what's in our hearts, good or bad is eventually translated into words and deeds.

[God] wants you to go home, look at your bucket of seed, and determine in your heart how much you'd like to sow. He wants you to consider thoughtfully your current circumstances, your life, your potential, and your finances. He wants you to involve your family. He wants you to pray about it. And then He wants you to come up with a plan.

Just as Jesus predicted, what originates in the secret place won't always remain a secret. ... How do we guard -- or maybe it would be more appropriate to say, guard against -- our hearts? How do we monitor what's going on in that secret place that has the potential to go public at any moment?

For reasons known only to him, God has chosen to work through men and women who are willing to make sacrifices for the sake of the "thing" he has placed in their hearts to do. If God bas birthed a vision in you, it is only a matter of time until you will come upon the precipice of sacrifice.

You are where you are because the generation before you paid attention to their broken heart.

Who are you and what breaks your heart?

Uncertainty in a leader is always magnified in the heart of the follower.

What breaks your heart is part of a divine design to bring change!

Every arena of life intersects with what's going on in our hearts. Everything passes through on its way to wherever it's going. Everything.

The church must capture and keep the minds and hearts of students.

Every time I stand to communicate, I want to take one simple truth and lodge it in the heart of the listener. I want them to know that one thing and know what to do with it.

What breaks my heart is in the United States hundreds of thousands wake up on a Sunday and church never crosses their mind.

When you harness your leadership skill to your broken heart change happens.

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

When Nehemiah's heart was broken he paid attention to his broken heart.

If you capture someone's heart, you will eventually get his hands and feet as well.

Everything now will prepare you for the next step. Don't run from adversity; lean into it with all your heart and God will make you a leader worth following.

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.

You have no idea what hangs in the balance of your decision on what to do with the burden God put in your heart.