Andy Andrews People Quotations

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.

There are so many common occurrences in raising children that people just can't seem to figure out.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Anytime God wanted to reach people he always used people to do it. So, anytime the Holy Spirit wants to reach other people, it is always through people.

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.

But did you know that during the past quarter century, no presidential election has been won by more than ten million ballots cast? Yet every federal election during the same time period had at least one hundred million people of voting age who did not bother to vote!

All people—all lives—are either in a crisis, coming out of a crisis, or headed for a crisis.

Experience is not the best teacher. Other people's experience is the best teacher.

By your hand the people shall live

Wisdom is what separates average people from extraordinary people.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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