Andy Andrews Quotes

Some of us are better at owning the responsibility of our actions than others.

I behaved worse than anybody for 15 years, and you have to pay the price for that. I used to blame other people, then therapy made me realise I had to change.

I behaved poorly by starting this whole thing and I made some mistakes in dealing with it, and they made some mistakes in dealing with me, and taking down all my stuff was probably one of them.

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences.

I've no regrets. You take responsibility for your actions.

The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer.

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.

I've learned in most areas of my life, to bounce heated choices off other people. Co-workers, my agent, my wife, a sponsor, etc. A majority of the time, that keeps me on the right side of things.

I don't think any one person is the cause of all of someone else's problems.

When you know your intention, you are in a position to choose the consequences that you will create for yourself. When you choose an intention that creates consequences for which you are willing to be responsible, that is a responsible choice.

You have to make your choice and live with your choice.

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.

I act as if my life depends on each decision. Because it does.

We are exactly where we have chosen to be.

I realized a long time ago that, even as a kid, it's all about the choices you make, the things you pursue. In the end, you're a sum of your choices.

People are decisions and actions.

It's a choice, Annabel. And if you make the wrong one, you have only yourself to blame when there are consequences.

When you encounter some problems, if you point your finger at yourself and not at others, this gives you control over yourself and calmness in a situation, where otherwise self-control becomes problematic.

I write, "Give me reason but don't give me choice, because I'll make the same mistake again." I think that's what most men want to be told.

You make problem, you have problem

Well, we have brought certain things upon ourselves. I've certainly brought things upon us with my mouth.

What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity.

The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.If you take nothing else from what I've been through, at least remember this: make your choices well. Because you'll always be accountable for them. That's what being an adult is all about.

We should be careful of the insults we fling at others, lest they return and land at our feet, newly minted to apply to those who had first coined them.