Andy Andrews Quotes
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Whatever you focus upon, increases.
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I'm not saying find someone and ask them if you can mow their grass for ten dollars. I'm saying find weeds that need pulling and pull them.
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It's a lot more interesting to learn and discover real-life principles when they are revealed in the form of a story.
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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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What I'm doing when I'm doing my speaking engagements is that I'm delivering serious material with humor. So, instead of delivering humor without a particular point other than to entertain people, I'm delivering comedy in a serious way.
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Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created in order to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world.
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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!
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And that destination for which we should strive is one of a successful life not necessarily a life of success.
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While public opinion might sway back and forth, right and wrong do not.
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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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I tell people that I'm not necessarily any good, it's just that there is nobody like me. I just promise you will not be bored.
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I think a lot of what is involved in finding a noticer is to watch people and see what fruit people have on the tree. You examine that life and see if it has the kind of fruit you want to produce in your life.
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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.
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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.
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When faced with a decision, many people say they are waiting for God. But I understand, in most cases, God is waiting for me.
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Adversity builds muscle. Adversity creates strength. Adversity, it turns out, is preparation for success.
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When you don't know what to do, do something. I know you don't know what to do and I know you can't do everything right now, but you can do something.
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We all can think of at least one kid who had great parents, a great family, and an all-around great childhood...who suddenly went crazy as soon as he left the house for college or adulthood. And nobody can figure out how or why it happened!
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When I choose to smile I become the master of my emotions.
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I start every day making sure I'm where I need to be and thinking like I need to think.
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Knowledge is one thing. We're awash in knowledge. Wisdom is rare. There's a big difference.
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Until a person takes responsibility for where he is, there is no basis for moving on. The bad news is that the past was in your hands, but the good news is that the future, my friend, is also in your hands.
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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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Only true remorse and "Will you forgive me?" can press the reset button.
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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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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.
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Life itself is a privilege, but to live life to the fullest- well, that is a choice.
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Worry is just imagination used in an unproductive way.
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Are you smiling when you talk? Try it today, and I guarantee you will notice a difference in your life.
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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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