Mattie Stepanek Quotes

God gave me the strength to see, and breathe, and talk.

I have come to one conclusion: All that I am, all that I aspire to be, all that I was before, is by the grace of God. There are so many women in Africa, and outside Africa, who are more intelligent than I am.

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

My speed is a gift from God, and I run for His glory. Whatever I do, it all comes from him.

I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.

God blessed me with the talent I've been blessed with.

It is always encouraging and kind when people say nice things about my work but I know that it is not me that did it then and it is not me that is doing it now. It is God living in me and for that I will always be grateful.

I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.

Obviously God knew I wasn't going to make it to the NBA as much as I probably believed. This was divine order.

Honestly, what keeps me grounded is my faith and my value system.

Trust me. Sometimes God comes down and puts his hand on you if you're too big in your thoughts.

I don't know what kind of God the rest of y'all are serving, but the God I serve says, 'Mary, you need to be the hottest thing this year, and I'm gonna make sure you're doing that.'

I do believe that God has his hands on me and that he has work for me to do.

So here is what my advice would be: If God has given you a dream, you'd better get cracking because He wants you to use it. That's why He gives them to us in the first place.

Everything starts with God in my career, and it will finish with God.

I believe that if you're healthy, you're capable of doing everything. There's no one else who can give you health but God, and by being healthy I believe that God is listening to me.

God empowered him; and my father, when he stood to preach, he wasn't preaching his message, he was preaching God's message.

I know that I'm here because of the grace of God. But I also know that I've been given this second chance for a specific reason, and that is to bring love to the world again through the voice of my music, and I'm so honored to be able to do it. I'm so blessed that God has chosen me to do that.

I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it's just a game.

I realised from a very early age that God gave me a gift, and that gift was to run, and I wanted to use it to the best of my ability.

My faith inspires me so much. It is the very reason that I run. I feel that my running is completely a gift from God and it is my responsibility to use it to glorify him.

Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you'll get to where God wants you to be.

I believe that we are given strength and help from a power much larger than ourselves. I believe if I humble myself that this power will come through me, and help me create work that is bigger than I would have ever been able to have done alone.

God gave me the ability, so why not? Go out there and play for Him. Maximize the talent He gave you.

I know I didn't deserve this, but God has given me this baseball ability. So I've got to do whatever I can to honor him.