92 Inspirational Andy Andrews Quotes on Life (AUTHOR)

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“If one makes a mistake, then an apology is usually sufficient to get things back on an even keel. However-and this is a big ‘however’- most people do not ever know why their apology did not seem to have any effect. It is simply that they did not make a mistake; they made a choice and never understood the difference between the two.”
Andy Andrews

Adversity is preparation for greatness. — **Adversity** is **preparation** for greatness.

When faced with a decision, many people say they are waiting for God. But I understand, in most cases, God is waiting for me.

“My life – my personality, my habits, even my speech – is a combination of the books I choose to read, the people I choose to listen to, and the thoughts I choose to tolerate in my mind.”
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Life itself is a privilege, but to live life to the fullest, well, that is a choice.

Discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don’t want to do in order to get a result you really want to get.

“So how does one become a person whom other people want to be around? Let me make a suggestion. Ask yourself this question every day: ‘What is it about me that other people would change if they could?”
Andy Andrews

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don’t necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have. — **Self-discipline** is the ability to make yourself do something you don’t necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.

“Most people think it takes a long time to change. It doesn’t. Change is immediate! Instantaneous! It may take a long time to decide to change but change happens in a heartbeat!”
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“I believe that any type of education can be great, but an education about ourselves can create something wonderful. I am a comedian, but people have called me a motivational speaker. I don’t really consider myself that at all.”
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17 Thought-Provoking Andy Andrews Quotes About Life

“Well, that’s why smart people get tripped up with worry and fear. Worry, fear is just a misuse of the creative imagination that has been placed in each of us. Because we are smart and creative, we imagine all the things that could happen, that might happen, that will happen if this or that happens. See what I mean?”
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Challenges are gifts, opportunities to learn. — **Challenges** are **gifts**, **opportunities** to **learn**.

Everyone has a worst time in their life. There's always a worse time. We are all either in a crisis, coming to one or coming out of one. — Everyone has a worst time in their life. There’s always a worse time. We are all either in a crisis, coming to one or coming out of one.

“Circumstances do not push or pull. They are daily lessons to be studied and gleaned for new knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge and wisdom that is applied will bring about a brighter tomorrow. A person who is depressed is spending too much time thinking about the way things are now and not enough time thinking about how he wants things to be.”
Andy Andrews

There are generations yet unborn, whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the actions you take. — There are generations yet unborn, whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the **actions** you take.

Every little thing you do or don’t do steers life onto a slightly different course.

“Times of calamity and distress have always been producers of the greatest men. The hardest steel is produced from the hottest fire; the brightest star shreds the darkest night.”
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Your actions have value far greater than silver or gold. — Your actions have value far greater than **silver** or **gold**.

Be grateful for the things you have overlooked for too long.

“A butterfly could flap its wings and set molecules of air in motion, which move other molecules of air, in turn moving more molecules of air eventually capable of starting a hurricane on the other side of the planet.”
Andy Andrews

The difference in the past and history is that the past is set in stone history is just an account from the guy with the strongest axe.

It's a lot more interesting to learn and discover real-life principles when they are revealed in the form of a story. — It’s a lot more interesting to learn and discover real-life principles when they are revealed in the form of a story.

“If a person has any inclination toward the best that life has to offer, a constant and never-ending search for truth is a must. For while one can know the truth and never achieve the best, it is not possible to achieve the best without knowing the truth.”
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People who other people value get job offers, they get opportunities, and they get encouragement all because they are valued. — People who other people value get job offers, they get opportunities, and they get **encouragement** all because they are valued.

When you put emphasis on compromise rather than on principle, you end up with 23 of the principles being implemented. — When you put emphasis on **compromise** rather than on principle, you end up with 2/3 of the principles being implemented.

“Curiously, a principle affects your life whether you are aware of it or not. For instance, the principle of gravity was working long before the apple ever fell on Newton’s head. But once it did, and he understood it, then we as a society were free to harness this principle to create, among other things, airline flight.”
Andy Andrews

“We think in our society today that the way people change is that they have to have a deep desire to change or that the way they change is they have to hit rock bottom. But neither of those things is true.”
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“Your time on this earth is a gift to be used wisely. Don’t squander your words or your thoughts. Consider that even the simplest actions you take for your lives matter beyond measure and they matter forever.”
Andy Andrews

Every good thing that has happened in your life happened because something changed.

If I associate with chickens, I will learn to scratch at the ground and squabble over crumbs. If I associate with eagles, I will learn to soar to great heights.

“Remember, young man, experience is not the best teacher. Other people’s experience is the best teacher. By reading about the lives of great people, you can unlock the secrets to what made them great.”
Andy Andrews

When you know that everything matters that every move counts as much as any other, you will begin living a life of permanent purpose. — When you know that everything matters that every move counts as much as any other, you will begin living a life of permanent **purpose**.

It is impossible for the seeds of depression to take root in a thankful heart. — It is impossible for the seeds of **depression** to take root in a thankful heart.

“Beginning today, I will create a new future by creating a new me. No longer will I dwell in a pit of despair, moaning over squandered time and lost opportunity. I can do nothing about the past. My future is immediate. I will grasp it in both hands and carry it with running feet. When I am faced with the choice of doing nothing or doing something, I will always choose to act! I seize this moment. I choose now.”
Andy Andrews

It’s time to stop letting your history control your destiny. — It’s time to stop letting your history control your **destiny**.

Because how you think determines who you are, it also determines who you are becoming and who you ultimately become.

“If you can understand and believe that you have made choices that took you to a place you don’t like, doesn’t it make logical sense that you can now make choices that will take you to a place you do like? So now your game becomes one of seeking wisdom and harnessing the power of that wisdom in order to make better choices.”
Andy Andrews

“I am saying that outside influences are not responsible for where you are mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally or financially. You have chosen the pathway to your present destination. The responsibility for your situation is yours.”
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6 Motivational Andy Andrews Quotes on Success

“Most people fail at whatever they attempt because of an undecided heart. Should I? Should I not? Go forward? Go back? Success requires the emotional balance of a committed heart. When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape. A committed heart does not wait for conditions to be exactly right. Why? Because conditions are never exactly right. Indecision limits the Almighty and His ability to perform miracles in your life. He has put the vision in you — proceed. To wait, to wonder, to doubt, to be indecisive is to disobey God.”
Andy Andrews

Successful people make their decisions quickly and change their minds slowly. Failures make their decisions slowly and change their minds quickly. — Successful people make their decisions quickly and change their minds slowly. **Failures** make their decisions slowly and change their minds quickly.

I believe persistence is a major key to success in any great endeavor. I want to remind folks to PERSIST in whatever they are tackling at the moment! — I believe **persistence** is a major key to success in any great endeavor. I want to remind folks to PERSIST in whatever they are tackling at the moment!

“Everybody wants to be on the mountaintop, but if you’ll remember, mountaintops are rocky and cold. There is no growth on the top of a mountain. Sure, the view is great, but what’s a view for? A view just gives us a glimpse of our next destination-our next target. But to hit that target, we must come off the mountain, go through the valley, and begin to climb the next slope. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life’s next peak.”
Andy Andrews

“I am a teacher and the reason I’m a teacher is because I’m learning as hard as I can. I’m not any different from anybody else. I am searching and having some success finding answers.”
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“Passion is a product of the heart. Passion is what helps you when you have a great dream. Passion breeds conviction and turns mediocrity into excellence! Your passion will motivate others to join you in pursuit of your dream. With passion, you will overcome insurmountable obstacles. You will become unstoppable!”
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14 Wise Andy Andrews Quotes

“Despite popular belief to the contrary, there is absolutely no power in intention. The seagull may intend to fly away, may decide to do so, may talk with the other seagulls about how wonderful it is to fly, but until the seagull flaps his wings and takes to the air, he is still on the dock. There’s no difference between that gull and all the others. Likewise, there is no difference in the person who intends to do things differently and the one who never thinks about it in the first place. Have you ever considered how often we judge ourselves by our intentions while we judge others by their actions? Yet intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.”
Andy Andrews

Everything you do matters to all of us forever.

In the game of life, nothing is less important than the score at halftime.

“While it is true that most people never see or understand the difference they make, or sometimes only imagine their actions having a tiny effect, every single action a person takes has far-reaching consequences.”
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There are no hopeless situations, sweetheart, only people who have grown hopeless about them. You still have choices you can make.

By your hand, millions - billions - of lives will be altered, caught up in a chain of events begun by you this day. — By your hand, millions – billions – of lives will be altered, caught up in a chain of events begun by you this day.

“Our tendency is to try something a few times, and if it works, it gets reinforced, and we continue to do it; if it doesn’t work, we abandon it. In psychology this is called the law of effects – we tend to keep doing things we are rewarded for doing. The opposite, however, is also true: we tend to avoid what punishes us or gives us pain.”
Andy Andrews

You have been created in order that you might make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world.

No matter your past, you can choose your future.

I just think it’s amazing that a person could lose everything, chasing nothing.

“When people have something proven to them, and they see that it really benefits them, they don’t have to be looking for a change or be at rock bottom. When they see something proven that is of benefit to them, they’ll turn around 180 degrees and never look back.”
Andy Andrews

There are no hopeless situations, only people who have grown hopeless about them. You still have choices you can make.

A wise person seeks to make peace with the truth, especially when it’s personal and even when it hurts. — A wise person seeks to make **peace** with the truth, especially when it’s personal and even when it hurts.

I always want to teach things that help people with their personal lives, their financial lives and their legacies, so this was a huge thing for me. — I always want to teach things that help people with their personal lives, their financial lives and their **legacies**, so this was a huge thing for me.

5 Andy Andrews Quotes on Perspective

“See, the ‘small stuff’ is what makes up the larger picture of our lives. Many people are like you, young man. But their perspective is distorted. They ignore ‘small stuff,’ claiming to have an eye on the bigger picture, never understanding that the bigger picture is composed of nothing more than-are you ready?- ‘small stuff’.”
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Keep your head and heart clear. Perspective can just as easily be lost as it can be found.

Even a small amount of perspective can change our lives. Because even the smallest amount of perspective can change how we are able to navigate hard times.

“Remember, whatever you focus upon, increases. When you focus on the things you need, you’ll find those needs increasing. If you concentrate your thoughts on what you don’t have, you will soon be concentrating on other things that you had forgotten you don’t have and feel worse! If you set your mind on loss, you are more likely to lose but a grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person’s life.”
Andy Andrews

“One way to define wisdom is the ability to see, into the future, the consequences of your choices in the present. That ability can give you a completely different perspective on what the future might look like.”
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3 Andy Andrews Quotes on Being an Author

“I am not a “Christian author.” I am an author who is a Christian. While my books reflect my faith, they are not intended as teaching tools for a Christian audience per se. My books are stories created around principles that work for everyone and they work every time.”
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“I always encourage authors (especially new authors) to be as generous as we are blessed. For one thing, it is a way to help people. For another, it is a seed one is planting for the life of the book. Someone gave it to someone who gave it to someone else.”
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“I understand that what I am to do is to be a bridge between the people who would never set foot in a church in their entire lives and people who would like to get them there. So I write books that Christians can give to their non-Christian friends that they will actually read.”
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4 Andy Andrews Quotes About Forgiveness

“The longer you’ve known someone the more history there is between you- the longer it will take to establish in their mind that you have truly changed. Remember, forgiveness is an altogether different thing from trust or respect. Forgiveness is about the past. Trust and respect are about the future. Forgiveness will be in the hands of others and can be given to you, but trust and respect are in your own hands and must be earned.”
Andy Andrews

Forgiveness allows you to lead your own life and choose a joyful existence.

“We begin to forgive by choosing to forgive by deciding, not by feeling. Our feelings don’t lead us to forgive. Most times, our feelings lead us the other way. That’s why a person has to decide to forgive first. Our feelings always follow along behind our decisions.”
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“In Jones’s experience, the decision to turn one’s life around in a different direction rarely arrived with fireworks and marching bands. Often, the decision came with tears and regret. Then, almost impossibly, the power of forgiveness would fill an unseen void, allowing a new day’s optimism and sense of purpose to take hold and point that life in a new direction.”
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3 Andy Andrews Quotes on Leadership

“It is time for us to part, my friend. Perhaps our time together will bring more understanding to your life’s journey. I can do nothing to alleviate your struggles and would not if I were able. It is never the duty of a leader to struggle for someone else; a leader must encourage others to struggle and assure them that the struggles are worthwhile. Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.”
Andy Andrews

A nation that has forgotten the quality of leadership it took to make a civilization great in the past is not likely to insist on greatness in its leaders today.

Their leader had no real knowledge of warfare or tactics. I was only a stubborn man and that was my greatest advantage in this fight.

2 Andy Andrews Quotes About Reading

It’s also a lot easier to convince people to read an entertaining story than any other type of book!

People tend to read books about a guy who goes back in time or a guy who is living under a pier.

3 Andy Andrews Quotes on Raising Children

“We’re not trying to raise good kids. We’re trying to raise kids who become great adults. That’s a very different thing. We all know parents who had kids that when they turned 18 left the house and went nuts.”
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There are so many common occurrences in raising children that people just can't seem to figure out. — There are so many common occurrences in raising **children** that people just can’t seem to figure out.

We have to prepare our teenagers and our children for a world away from us. That requires explanations. That requires understanding.

14 Andy Andrews Quotes That Will Make You Think

“Even in the worst time of life, if you are still breathing, that means you are still alive. If you are still here, you haven’t accomplished what is still to be accomplished. The most important part of your life is still ahead of you.”
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I will not waste time on second thoughts. My life will not be an apology. It will be a statement.

Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it’s to raise kids who become great adults.

“When I was 19 years old, both of my parents died in the same year; my mom of cancer and my dad in a car accident. Through the next two or three years and a series of bad decisions – all my own, I might add – I ended up literally homeless, before that was even a word. I even slept occasionally under a pier on the Gulf Coast.”
Andy Andrews

It is not enough to recognize what is right and true. One must control the impulse to do what is wrong and easy.

If you worry about what other people think of you, then you will have more confidence in their opinion than you have in your own. — If you worry about what other people think of you, then you will have more **confidence** in their opinion than you have in your own.

“I started finding humor in everything. I used to watch a lot of TV, and I finally figured I didn’t need to watch TV to find funny stuff. I just watch the commercials. I mean, the commercials just blew my mind.”
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