247 Quotes by Andy Andrews

9. How can we tell if a politician is telling the truth? Is there a way to know for sure? You may remember the old joke: “How do you know if a politician is lying? If he’s moving his lips.” It’s not that funny anymore, is it? Obviously, there is no certain way to know at the moment something is said. But remember this: past performance serves to reveal future behavior. A person who has exhibited a pattern of lying is a liar.

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.

Jesus is Jesus. So, I’m not sure I’d get into the business of making somebody into Jesus. That’s just me.

By your hand, millions – billions – of lives will be altered, caught up in a chain of events begun by you this day.

And success in any endeavor where self-discipline is involved boils down to this question: can you make yourself do something you don’t particularly want to do in order to get a result you would like to have?

It’s a lot more interesting to learn and discover real-life principles when they are revealed in the form of a story.

What is it about me that other people would change if they could?” He.

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.

I see,” he said, though, clearly, he did not.