Quotes by Mattie Stepanek
- 1
- 2
You can't lie down in the ashes of another person's life.
Maybe I wanted to have kids because you want to leave behind lessons, leave behind everything that matters to you. That's how you touch the world. But I have to reconsider what it's like to leave a legacy.
Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second.
Every year, once a year, in Maryland, I go for a week and overnight camp with about 50 to 60 kids with muscular dystrophy, all ages, seven to 21. And it is really fun. I have some great friends there and wonderful counselors.
I write to express my thoughts, my feelings. I want people to think.
I do fear death. But what I actually fear is not dying. I mean, true, it will be sad. But I know that there is a better place waiting for me.
It doesn't matter how you pray. Just pray. All religions are beautiful and they all have one common belief. There's something bigger and greater than us that can give us and take from us life. It is better than the here and now.
While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.
The way of life is not as easy as some people think... like me.
"Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved."
"Keep all special thoughts and memories for lifetimes to come. Share these keepsakes with others to inspire hope and build from the past, which can bridge to the future."
"Sad things happen. They do. But we don't need to live sad forever."
“. . .we must remember to play after every storm and to celebrate the gift of life as we have it, or else life becomes a task, rather than a gift. We must always listen to the song in our heart, and share that song with others.”
When I grow up, I want to be a peacemaker. My biggest role model for this is Jimmy Carter, who has been a wonderful peanut farmer, politician, and peacemaker... I call him the 'perfect hero.'
- 1
- 2
