Andy Stanley Quotes

To have a meaningful life, you have to be of service …

It's a really wonderful thing to focus your life on something other than your own personal career and ambition.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

I was sitting around, moping and feeling badly for myself. I went to the hospital to visit a child, and it hit me: helping people is what I'm meant to do.

You cannot continue to succeed in the world or have a fulfilling life in the world unless you choose to use your life in the service somehow to others and give back what you have been given. That's how you keep it. That's how you get it. That's how you grow it.

I have so much in my life. I want to be of value to the world.

All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

If I didn't feel that I was doing something or trying to do something for others, then I would have very little excuse for the life that I lead.

If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.

One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

I don't want my life to just be about me.

Find something bigger than yourself and pour every ounce of who you are into it. If that's your family, be the best father on Earth. If you are a cop, firefighter, or a trash man, be the best.

When all is said and done, I want to die exhausted and empty because I gave everything that was in me. I believe that's why we're all here: to give of ourselves to one another to help create a better world, because you can't take it with you.

Fame is worth less than service.

The most important thing is contribution because the secret to living is giving. If you catch on to that you start realizing that there's nothing you can get that comes close to what you can give. Life is calling all of us to be more than just about ourselves and that is when we get that spiritual hit.

Commit yourself to something bigger than yourself.

Remember, purpose is about giving...All you can do with your life is to give it away in the service of others.

Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

One of the best lessons I learned early is that not everything in life is about you. It is about service. If you want trips and excessive gifts, then don't get into public service.

I see my purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in .

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.

It gives me satisfaction to help people.