It's society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.

Adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet.

Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.

Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true. Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I've been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.

People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that's not the case; our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.

The only true disability is a crushed spirit

Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.

Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.

It's an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it's very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.

Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.

If I lost the ability to speak, what would my life be saying?

A casino in South Dakota was robbed by a man dressed as a mummy. The police described the suspect as anywhere between 25 and 8,000 years old.

I like to co-author books to learn from those I write with.

Prison house for the soul

I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system.

Fire, as we have learned to our cost, has an insatiable hunger to be fed. It is a nonliving force that can even locomote itself.

Some nights are like honey - and some like wine - and some like wormwood.

After seeing 'Big,' I wanted an elevator that opened directly into my apartment, just like Tom Hanks did.

You know, sometimes you have to remember the bad things so that you can learn from them.

I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.