Andy Stanley Quotes

I think I make a difference. I mean a lot to my people. I've done well. They're proud of me.

I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.

Success is not about how much money we have in the bank, but it's about how many peoples' lives we have impacted through it. Success is experienced when we do things which are never done before.

The worse thing in the world is for an individual to live, breath and exist and leave this earth, die, and not make impact.

What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?

The joy I get from winning a major championship doesn't even compare to the feeling I get when a kid writes a letter saying: 'Thank you so much. You have changed my life.'

I wanna make my mark, and I wanna be part of something!

I have a purpose and a meaning in life, and I have to fulfill that. Being a champion is great, but more importantly than that, you get to be an inspiration and a role model to other people.

Success can be a legacy.

We truly could have used the later Jobs in earlier years at Apple, is what I feel.

No,' he said, 'you only have to live long enough to inspire others to do great things.

A lot of guys have had a lot of fun joking about Henry Ford because he admitted one time that he didn't know history. He don't know it, but history will know him. He has made more history than his critics ever read.

Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world.

As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things I have been able to do have been impactful. But for me, I try to keep everything in perspective and stay humble.

I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.

In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making 'Star Trek.' But most of the time, I don't think about it.

My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.

The successful man doesn't use others, other people use the successful man, for above all the success is of service.

'Stand and Deliver' has been the most successful thing I have done in my life. So many people have seen it. There was really no need for me to do anything else.

You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.

The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.

I've been asked a great deal about the influence I've had with my work and it's impossible to say, you know.

After the smoke clears, I think people will say, 'You know what? That Shaun Alexander, he did all right when he was here. I think there will be more smiles when the smoke clears.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

I don't pay that much attention to sales figures or awards. To me, the big question is: 'Did you influence the next generation?' That's my goal.