Andy Andrews
Everything you do matters to all of us forever.Collection: Forever
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.Collection: Kids
In the game of life, nothing is less important than the score at halftime.Collection: Games
In Jones's experience, the decision to turn one's life around in a different direction rarely arrived with fireworks and marching bands. Often, the decision came with tears and regret. Then, almost impossibly, the power of forgiveness would fill an unseen void, allowing a new day's optimism and sense of purpose to take hold and point that life in a new direction.Collection: Regret
Of course it does, Jomes answered earnestly. Many of life's treasures remain hidden from us simply because we never search for them. Often we do not ask the proper questions that might lead us to the answer to all our challenges. We are so caught up in fear and regret, that hope seems a foolish endeavor. Proof of hope, however, is not only possible, it is an overlooked law of the universe.Collection: Regret
The biggest mistakes most parents make (and believe me, I'm guilty of these too) seem very inconsequential. They're little, day-to-day things that, at the moment, don't seem like a big deal.Collection: Mistake
People who other people value get job offers, they get opportunities, and they get encouragement all because they are valued.Collection: Encouragement
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.Collection: Moving On
The longer you've known someone- the more history there is between you- the longer it will take to establish in their mind that you have truly changed. Remember, forgiveness is an altogether different thing from trust or respect. Forgiveness is about the past. Trust and respect are about the future. Forgiveness will be in the hands of others and cna be given to you, but trust and respect are in your own hands and must be earned.Collection: Life
We have to prepare our teenagers and our children for a world away from us. That requires explanations. That requires understanding.Collection: Children
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!Collection: Crazy
Jesus is Jesus. So, I'm not sure I'd get into the business of making somebody into Jesus. That's just me.Collection: Jesus
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!Collection: Past
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.Collection: Life
By your hand the people shall liveCollection: Hands
Then the old man's face hardened. "What about you young man?" he asked flatly. "Would you like to get what you deserve?" Jones let that question hang in the air for a moment, then sighed, shook his head, and said "Me? I surely don't want what I deserve. I'm hoping for mercy, not justice.Collection: Men
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.Collection: Life
perserverence w/o exceptionCollection: Exception
I started finding humor in everything. I used to watch a lot of TV, and I finally figured I didn't need to watch TV to find funny stuff. I just watch the commercials. I mean, the commercials just blew my mind.Collection: Mean
It's also a lot easier to convince people to read an entertaining story than any other type of book!Collection: Book
It's a lot more interesting to learn and discover real-life principles when they are revealed in the form of a story.Collection: Real
I am not a "Christian author." I am an author who is a Christian. While my books reflect my faith, they are not intended as teaching tools for a Christian audience per se. My books are stories created around principles that work for everyone and they work every time.Collection: Christian
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.Collection: Weed
There are so many common occurrences in raising children that people just can't seem to figure out.Collection: Children
Adversity is preparation for greatness.Collection: Adversity
The situations that have been the biggest wins for me have been because I was forced to think differently.Collection: Winning
Your time on this earth is a gift to be used wisely. Don't squander your words or your thoughts. Consider that even the simplest actions you take for your lives matter beyond measure...and they matter forever.Collection: Life
Every good thing that has happened in your life happened because something changed.Collection: Things Change
A committed heart does not wait for conditions to be exactly right. Why? Because conditions are never exactly right. Indecision limits The Almighty and His ability to perform miracles in your life. He has put the vision in you - proceed! To wait, to wonder, to doubt, to be indecisive is to disobey God.Collection: Life
If I associate with chickens, I will learn to scratch at the ground and squabble over crumbs. If I associate with eagles, I will learn to soar to great heights.Collection: Motivational
Ask yourself this question everyday: What is it about me that other people would change if they could?Collection: People
Circumstances do not push or pull. They are daily lessons to be studied and gleaned for new knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge and wisdom that is applied will bring about a brighter tomorrow. A person who is depressed is spending too much time thinking about the way things are now and not enough time thinking about how he wants things to be.Collection: Life
Everyone has a worst time in their life. There's always a worse time. We are all either in a crisis, coming to one or coming out of one.Collection: Worst Times
Poor is the man whose future depends on the opinions and permission of others. Remember this, if you are afraid of criticism, you will die doing nothing!Collection: Men
Listen carefully to me. Despite popular belief to the contrary, there is absolutely no power in intention...There is no difference in the person who intends to do things differently and the one who never thinks about it in the first place. Have you ever considered how often we judge ourselves by out intentions while we judge others by their actions? Yet intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.Collection: Life
It isn't until you forgive what's in the past that you'll be able to receive the gift of the presentCollection: Past
Are you smiling when you talk? Try it today, and I guarantee you will notice a difference in your life.Collection: Differences
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.Collection: Life
The very beating of your heart has meaning and purpose. Your actions have value far greater than silver or gold.Collection: Heart
Successful people make their decisions quickly and change their minds slowly. Failures make their decisions slowly and change their minds quickly.Collection: Life
I will not waste time on second thoughts. My life will not be an apology. It will be a statement.Collection: Life
Challenges are gifts, opportunities to learn.Collection: Opportunity
Seek wisdom. Wisdom waits to be gathered. She cannot be bartered or sold. She is a fight for the diligent. And only the diligent will find her. The lazy man - the stupid man - never even looks. Though wisdom is available to many, she is found by few. Seek wisdom. Find her, and you will find success and contentment.Collection: Motivational
By your hand, millions - billions - of lives will be altered, caught up in a chain of events begun by you this day.Collection: Hands
Even a small amount of perspective can change our lives. Because even the smallest amount of perspective can change how we are able to navigate hard times.Collection: Hard Times
If, in fact, it is what's inside us that makes all the difference, then the difference is made when we choose what goes inside.Collection: Differences
We begin to forgive by choosing to forgive . . . by deciding, not by feeling. Our feelings don't lead us to forgive. Most times, our feelings lead us the other way. That's why a person has to decide to forgive first. Our feelings always follow along behind our decisions.Collection: Life
No matter how long it takes or how desperately a person battles or denies, the truth always-always-makes itself known.Collection: Long
There are no hopeless situations, sweetheart, only people who have grown hopeless about them. You still have choices you can make.Collection: People