Andy Stanley Quotes

By what you do, you teach your children how to respond to difficult information.

I've had to deal with all different types of situations - positive and negative and extremes of both.

There is a time in the life of every predicament where it is ripe for resolution. Emotions provide the cue to act when a problem is big enough to see, yet still small enough to solve. By understanding your emotions, you can move adeptly through your current challenges and prevent future ones.

Being a 911 operator means balancing seemingly contradictory skills. On one hand, operators have to be fanatically precise and well-organized. On the other, they must be able to establish rapport with panicky callers.

The great problem now is that we don’t know what to do.

I have always been able to handle situations well once they've happened to me.

My father used to say to me, 'Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get into a crisis or an emergency, become the calmest person in the room and you'll be able to figure your way out of it.'

Leadership is solving problems.

In leadership there are always problems to be solved and tensions to be managed. When you try to solve a tension, you create a problem.

Great leaders don't rush to blame. They instinctively look for solutions.

I'm a problem-solver.

I don't know how you can understand other people or yourself if you haven't read a lot of books. I just don't think you're equipped to deal with the demands and decisions of life, particularly in your dealings with other people.

Panic plays no part in the training of a nurse.

How on earth do people imagine we equip children for life if we never show them the sorts of issues other people encounter, if we never talk through with them how they might deal with difficulty or violence or unexpected shocks and surprises?

I've learned in most areas of my life, to bounce heated choices off other people. Co-workers, my agent, my wife, a sponsor, etc. A majority of the time, that keeps me on the right side of things.

We might be too proud to admit it as guys, but we still need to learn how to manage responsibility, how to face our challenges.

The trick in life is learning how to deal with it.

When you can't solve the problem, manage it.

I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.

We only think when we are confronted with problems.

I don't have a problem with conflict. I'm not a stranger to high-pressure situations. I've been there, believe me.

I'm generally slow to anger, quick to forgive, and I take in information before making decisions. So no matter how controversial the decision, my general demeanour is to put on white lab coat and gloves and look at the evidence, weigh the arguments and see what makes sense.

Game management is accomplished by staying constantly alert and then reading and reacting to potential problem situations before they materialize. It all boils down to paying attention to details.

When you've dealt with real-life issues, dealing with business issues is not that hard.

Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.