Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andy Andrews

One way to define wisdom is the ability to see, into the future, the consequences of your choices in the present. That ability can give you a completely different perspective on what the future might look like.

Andy Andrews

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’.

Andy Andrews

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.

Andy Andrews

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

Andy Andrews

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

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

Andy Andrews

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.

Andy Andrews

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.

Andy Andrews

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

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.

Andy Andrews

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!

Andy Andrews

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

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

Everybody wants to be on the mountaintop, but if you'll remember, mountaintops are rocky and cold. There is no growth on the top of a mountain. Sure, the view is great, but what's a view for? A view just gives us a glimpse of our next destination-our next target. But to hit that target, we must come off the mountain, go through the valley, and begin to climb the next slope. 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.

Amy Winehouse

I don't care what people think about me. Never did, never will. Life is too short to be worrying about that.

Amy Winehouse

Life is so much more rewarding if you strive for something, rather than take what's given to you on a plate.

Amanda Crew

Life is too short to be doing work that doesn't make you feel happy and fulfilled. I'd rather wait for the right project, as opposed to just taking whatever is handed to me.

Alyssa Milano

A big part of life is realizing what you're good at.

Alphonse de Lamartine

Life is too short to spare an hour of it in the indulgence of this evil passion.

Alphonse de Lamartine

What is our life but a succession of preludes to that unknown song whose first solemn note is sounded by death?

Aesop

The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.

Aesop

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times

Aesop

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

Aesop

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

Aesop

He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.

Aesop

Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.

Aesop

A word in season is most precious.

Aesop

We often despise what is most useful to us.

Aesop

If we really want something done, it is best to do it ourselves.

Aesop

Most arguments are useless.

Aesop

A person's true nature will reveal itself despite disguise.

Aesop

Persuasion is better than force.

Aesop

Keep your place in life and your place will keep you