Andrew Greeley Quotes

Take a (second or third or fourth) chance. Remake the world.

In a way, I was born twice. I was born in 1934 and again in 1955 when I came to Pittsburgh. I am thankful to say that I lived two lives.

If I can be an example of getting sober, then I can be an example for starting over

We're given second chances every day of our life. We don't usually take them, but they're there for the taking.

We can always begin again.

Our show is about starting over.

I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.

You wake up in the morning and you look at your old spoon, and you say to yourself, 'Mick, it's time to get yourself a new spoon.' And you do.

As far as I'm concerned, my life is just beginning. It's never too late to start over, so this is what I've been doing.

Makes sense to me. Sometimes starting over is exactly what a person needs. And I think it's admirable. A lot of people don't have the courage it takes to do something like that.

Hopefully, we're still living in the land of second chances.

I'm starting a new chapter in my [[life], and you have no idea how much that means.

The feeling is less like an ending than just another starting point.

You can make a fresh start with your final breath.

I'll turn over a new leaf.

It's time for second chances. It's time to remake the world.

No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.

Today is a new day. You will get out of it just what you put into it...If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, there is always another chance for you. And supposing you have tried and failed again and again, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.

We cannot start over, but we can begin now, and make a new beginning

Today I begin a new life. Today I shed my old skin which hath, too long, suffered the bruises of failure and the wounds of mediocrity. Today I am born anew and my birthplace is a vineyard where there is fruit for all.

I am 67, but I'm not too old to make a fresh start.

So it's like starting over again, but I look forward to the challenge.

I'm a beginning, not an end.

When things are bad, it's the best time to reinvent yourself.

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.