Andy Stanley Quotes

It is a contradiction to be a sanctified man, or a true christian, and not humble.

For the Christian, humility is absolutely indispensable. Without it there can be no self-knowledge, no repentance, no faith and no salvation.

The true Christian ideal is not to be happy but to be holy.

Be humble like Mary so that you can be holy like Jesus

What I love to say when people ask me about being a Christian, I always say, 'Christians aren't perfect.' They're probably some of the worst people on the planet. They just know that they need Jesus. That's the only difference.

I do believe in Christ, but I would not hold myself up as any paragon of virtue at all - far from it, really.

Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack wisdom, get on your knees.

Every good thing in the Christian life grows in the soil of humility. Without humility, every virtue and every grace withers. That’s why Calvin said humility is first, second, and third in the Christian faith.

The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end

Do not be content to live a mediocre Christian life: walk with determination along the path of holiness.

A real Christian in an odd number anyway. He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen, talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see, expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another, empties himself in order to be full, admits he is wrong so he can be declared right, goes down in order to get up, is strongest when he is weakest, richest when he is poorest, and happiest when he feels worst. He dies so he can live, forsakes in order to have, gives away so he can keep, sees the invisible, hears the inaudible, and knows that which passes knowledge.

I consider myself a non-denominational Christian. I grew up in a Bible church and still hold those beliefs very close to me.

When I say, 'I love Christ and love the teachings of Christ,' I mean that in the most simple and naive way. I'm not saying I'm right.

'You better do a lot of praying' is good counsel for all of the Lord's servants, new or seasoned. It is what His wise servants do. They pray. The disciples of Jesus Christ when He lived on the earth noticed that about Him.

Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.

Christianity is sustained by the knowledge that the object of man's life on earth is his development as an eternal being. Therefore, none of his expressions of life can be an end in itself, but must serve a higher purpose than the earthly life and happiness of the individual - or even than that of the race.

An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.

I entreat masters to live a good life and faithfully to instruct their scholars, especially that they may love God and learn to give themselves to knowledge, in order to promote His honour, the welfare of the state, and their own salvation, but not for the sake of avarice or the praise of man.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

They do not walk in... the path of Christ.

When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may.

Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness.

My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.