Andy Andrews Quotes - Page 3

Keep your head and heart clear. Perspective can just as easily be lost as it can be found.

You have been created with the ability to change the world. Every single choice you make ... every single action you take ... matters. But remember, the converse is also true. Every choice you do not make ... every action you do not take ... matters just as much.

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.

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

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?

To be great at whatever it is that you do, it's going to take some discipline to separate yourself from the average.

While public opinion might sway back and forth, right and wrong do not.

I possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind, the power of choice. Today, I choose to persist without exception. No longer will I live in a dimension of distraction, my focus blown hither and yon like a leaf on a blustery day. I know the outcome I desire. I hold fast to my dreams. I stay the course. I do not quit.

You have chosen the pathway to your present destination. The responsibility for your situation is yours.

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.

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

Everybody wants to reach the top of the mountain, but there is no growth at the peak. 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.

The words It's not my fault! should never again come from your mouth. The words It's not my fault! have been symbolically written on the gravestones of unsuccessful people ever since Eve took her first bite of the apple.

People who are labeled as disrespectful do not get the same opportunities afforded to those who are labeled as respectful.

I guarantee you there is someone in your life that deserves more appreciation. Who is it? Find that person and let them know!

Intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.

Those who are critical of my goals and dreams simply do not understand the higher purpose to which I have been called.

Your big picture will never be a masterpiece if you ignore the tiny brushstrokes. You're trying so hard to be successful that true success is eluding you.

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.

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!

A grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life.

I start every day making sure I'm where I need to be and thinking like I need to think.

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

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.

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’.