Andy Andrews Quotes - Page 2

Adversity is preparation for greatness.

The situations that have been the biggest wins for me have been because I was forced to think differently.

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

Adversity builds muscle. Adversity creates strength. Adversity, it turns out, is preparation for success.

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.

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.

It isn't until you forgive what's in the past that you'll be able to receive the gift of the present

Ask yourself this question everyday: What is it about me that other people would change if they could?

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.

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.

Poor is the man whose future depends on the opinions and permission of others. Remember this, if you are afraid of criticism, you will die doing nothing!

Listen carefully to me. Despite popular belief to the contrary, there is absolutely no power in intention...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 out intentions while we judge others by their actions? Yet intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.

Are you smiling when you talk? Try it today, and I guarantee you will notice a difference in your life.

In desperate times, much more than anything else, folks need perspective. For perspective brings calm. Calm leads to clear thinking. Clear thinking yields new ideas. And ideas produce the bloom...of an answer. Keep your head and heart clear. Perspective can just as easily be lost as it can be found.

The very beating of your heart has meaning and purpose. Your actions have value far greater than silver or gold.

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

I will not waste time on second thoughts. My life will not be an apology. It will be a statement.

Challenges are gifts, opportunities to learn.

Seek wisdom. Wisdom waits to be gathered. She cannot be bartered or sold. She is a fight for the diligent. And only the diligent will find her. The lazy man - the stupid man - never even looks. Though wisdom is available to many, she is found by few. Seek wisdom. Find her, and you will find success and contentment.

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

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.

If, in fact, it is what's inside us that makes all the difference, then the difference is made when we choose what goes inside.

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.

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

No matter how long it takes or how desperately a person battles or denies, the truth always-always-makes itself known.