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Quotes by Andy Andrews

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

We all feel better when we are grateful. There is great wisdom in understanding that no matter the situation, there is always something for which we can choose to be grateful.

My life will not be an apology. It will be a statement

What would you think if I told you that, yes, your bad choices and decisions have had a part in your ending up under this pier, but beyond that, under this pier is exactly where you should be in order for a future to occur that you can’t even imagine at this point?

If your situtation is the fault of anything or anyone else...there is very little hope and absolutely zero power over your own life.Responsibility is about hope and control. And...who doesnt want hope for a greater future that their choices control? ...Most folks look for their car keys with more energy than they search for the wisdom that can change their lives.

You have been created in order that you might make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world.

The difference in the past and history is that the past is set in stone history is just an account from the guy with the strongest axe

Well, thats 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?

Ive got to be willing to enter into and do battle with the confusion in order to reach the victory on the other side. Its like, I am here, confusion is in front of me, and just beyond confusion waits the answer or skill I need to take my life in a new and incredible direction.

I am a teacher and the reason Im a teacher is because Im learning as hard as I can. Im not any different from anybody else. I am searching and having some success finding answers.

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 dont really consider myself that at all.

When I was 19 years old, both of my parents died in the same year; my mom of cancer and my dad in a car accident. Through the next two or three years and a series of bad decisions - all my own, I might add - I ended up literally homeless, before that was even a word. I even slept occasionally under a pier on the Gulf Coast.

“If a person has any inclination toward the best that life has to offer, a constant and never-ending search for truth is a must. For while one can know the truth and never achieve the best, it is not possible to achieve the best without knowing the truth.”