Top 150 Andy Andrews Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Adversity is preparation for greatness.”

— Andy Andrews

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2. “Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don’t necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.”

— Andy Andrews

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3. “Challenges are gifts, opportunities to learn.”

— Andy Andrews

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4. “Life itself is a privilege, but to live life to the fullest- well, that is a choice.”

— Andy Andrews

5. “Adversity builds muscle. Adversity creates strength. Adversity, it turns out, is preparation for success.”

— Andy Andrews

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

— Andy Andrews

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7. “Every good thing that has happened in your life happened because something changed.”

— Andy Andrews

8. “When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape.”

— Andy Andrews

9. “Whatever you focus upon, increases.”

— Andy Andrews

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

— Andy Andrews

11. “In the game of life, nothing is less important than the score at halftime.”

— Andy Andrews

12. “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.”

— Andy Andrews

13. “Everything you do matters to all of us forever.”

— Andy Andrews

14. “Intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.”

— Andy Andrews

15. “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.”

— Andy Andrews

16. “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.”

— Andy Andrews

17. “When you know that everything matters – that every move counts as much as any other – you will begin living a life of permanent purpose.”

— Andy Andrews

18. “Experience is not the best teacher. Other people’s experience is the best teacher.”

— Andy Andrews

19. “Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it’s to raise kids who become great adults.”

— Andy Andrews

20. “Even in the worst time of life, if you are still breathing, that means you are still alive. If you are still here, you haven’t accomplished what is still to be accomplished. The most important part of your life is still ahead of you.”

— Andy Andrews

21. “I will not waste time on second thoughts. My life will not be an apology. It will be a statement.”

— Andy Andrews

22. “Much of your success in life is determined by how you choose to act in spite of how you feel.”

— Andy Andrews

23. “Everybody wants to make a difference, but nobody wants to be different. And you simply cannot have one without the other.”

— Andy Andrews

24. “When I choose to smile I become the master of my emotions.”

— Andy Andrews

25. “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.”

— Andy Andrews

26. “There are generations yet unborn, whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the actions you take.”

— Andy Andrews

27. “While public opinion might sway back and forth, right and wrong do not.”

— Andy Andrews

28. “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!”

— Andy Andrews

29. “Everybody wants to reach the top of the mountain, but there is no growth at the peak. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life’s next peak.”

— Andy Andrews

30. “A grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person’s life.”

— Andy Andrews

31. “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.”

— Andy Andrews

32. “It isn’t until you forgive what’s in the past that you’ll be able to receive the gift of the present.”

— Andy Andrews

33. “It is never the duty of a leader to struggle for someone else; a leader must encourage others to struggle and assure them that the struggles are worthwhile. Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.”

— Andy Andrews

34. “First we make a choice. Then our choices make us.”

— Andy Andrews

35. “A life filled with opportunities and encouragement finds more and more opportunities and encouragement, and success becomes inevitable.”

— Andy Andrews

36. “You have chosen the pathway to your present destination. The responsibility for your situation is yours.”

— Andy Andrews

37. “We are all in situations of our own choosing. Our thinking creates a pathway to success or failure. By disclaiming responsibility for our present, we crush the prospect of an incredible future that might have been ours.”

— Andy Andrews

38. “WHAT a person thinks is determined by HOW a person thinks.”

— Andy Andrews

39. “Keep your head and heart clear. Perspective can just as easily be lost as it can be found.”

— Andy Andrews

40. “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.”

— Andy Andrews

41. “To be great at whatever it is that you do, it’s going to take some discipline to separate yourself from the average.”

— Andy Andrews

42. “The most dangerous thing any nation faces is a citizenry capable of trusting a liar to lead them.”

— Andy Andrews

43. “All people – all lives – are either in a crisis, coming out of a crisis, or headed for a crisis.”

— Andy Andrews

44. “After all, the seeds of depression cannot take root in a grateful heart.”

— Andy Andrews

45. “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.”

— Andy Andrews

46. “The very beating of your heart has meaning and purpose. Your actions have value far greater than silver or gold.”

— Andy Andrews

47. “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!”

— Andy Andrews

48. “Every man of character will have that character questioned. Every man of honor and courage will be faced with unjust criticism, but never forget that unjust criticism has no impact whatsoever upon the truth. And the only sure way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and be nothing.”

— Andy Andrews

49. “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.”

— Andy Andrews

50. “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.”

— Andy Andrews