Al Murray Quotes
No truly sophisticated proponent of repression would be stupid enough to shatter the facade of democratic institutions.
The fundamental axiom, then, for the study of man is the existence of individual consciousness
The fifth freedom, the Freedom of Individual Enterprise, is the keystone of the arch on which the other Four Freedoms rest. This is what freedom means.
Do not doubt the holy love of Jesus to your soul when he is laying a heavy hand upon you.
Learn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ. He is altogether lovely.
Unfathomable oceans of grace are in Christ for you. Dive and dive again, you will never come to the bottom of these depths.
If the veil of the world's machinery were lifted off, how much we would find is done in answer to the prayers of God's children.
What does literature do for me? I think I solve problems in my writing. They may be my problems, but perhaps others share them, and in the process of working these through, I hope to entertain.
Everything you desire is always just outside your comfort zone, dear boy. If it wasn't you would already possess it, would you not?
Listen to people from your heart, as if your life depended on it, and you will find that in turn people will listen to you with all of theirs.
Destiny and fate are of one’s own making, and riches and happiness are rarely found at the end of an easily-traversed path.
That which is currently beyond your capabilities now, does not have to be so forever
In this world of half-jobs and liars, I will prevail.
I should become happier at what I do and leave others happier than before they’d met me.
Mark my words. Perception is reality and how someone perceives you is their reality.
Perception number one, how you want people to think about you when you arrive and perception number two, how you want them to talk about you once you have left.
In short, the difference between you and your doctor is that he has a well-designed reputation and you do not.
Young man, your problem and the reason so many like you fail, is simply because you allow yourself to give up far too early.
Fascinatingly resilient the tenacity of a child. Not yet conditioned by society to give up when instructed to do so.
And so it must be with the energy you muster for your own work. Get out there and convert the unconverted. Save them all from the charlatans and the nearly-men.
It has nothing to do with the time being right or wrong. Storms just happen.
You can’t plough a field by turning it over in your mind. Either you get out there and plough it or it doesn’t get done.
You see continuous movement is the important thing here. Those who remain in one position and then lie to themselves about their progress are the ones in real trouble.
Currently, you are approaching each opportunity with a single possible outcome and when that doesn't happen you fool yourself that there was nothing more that you could have done.
The future is a fabulous place to bury your success.
Don't allow your imagination to colour events as lesser men would, and see movement in motionless things.
Until you take the first step forward, failure remains reassuringly impossible.
I will ask questions that are so wide and open they will feel the need to speak for a week. Then from the information that they give to me, I will mould solutions designed specifically for them.
If you wish to sell to anyone you must earn the right to do so.
But without a need, even the finest piece of beef is merely a piece of dead bull is it not?
Why do so many salespeople talk to customers about the product and not the result?
Yesterday was the first day of the rest of your life . . . and you messed it up again.
