Amy Purdy Quotes

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.

Man is not made for defeat.

Nothing can resist the person who smiles at life - I don't mean the ironic and disillusioned smile of my grandfather, but the triumphant smile of the person who knows that he will survive, or that at least he will be saved by what seems to be destroying him.

When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life.

Every day is different, and some days are better than others, but no matter how challenging the day, I get up and live it.

I refuse to allow a disability to determine how I live my life. There is only one way to go in life and that is forward.

Sing your song; don't let the bastards get you down.

There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.

When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left.

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

I faced odds when glaucoma took the bat out of my hands. But I didn't give in or feel sorry for myself. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: 'It may be cloudy in my right eye, but the sun is shining very brightly in my left eye.'

My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I've always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar.

I feel like I was born and bred to stay self-motivated. I'm not one of those people who ho-hums and feels sorry for himself when something's bad.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin.

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.

I think it's the human spirit inside of all of us that has an enormous capacity to survive.

I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything.

What I really admire are people like my daughter, Victoria, who don't give up, who have daily medical challenges and medical conditions. They go on with their lives and make the best of it, not giving up even when it's not easy.

The stalwart soul has the will to live and is eager for the race.

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.