Andy Andrews - People Quotes

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

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For centuries, dreams have been used to communicate instruction and direction to people of purpose - great men and women. God used dreams to prepare Joseph for his future as a leader of nations. He gave battle plans to Gideon in a dream. Joan of Arc, Jacob, George Washington, Marie Curie, and the apostle Paul were all guided by their dreams.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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.

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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!

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

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It's obvious you kids are smart — school and good teachers will do that for you — but wisdom is something altogether different. Wisdom can be gathered in your downtime. Wisdom that can change the very course of your life will come from the people you are around, the books you read, and the things you listen to or watch on radio or television.

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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.

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

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