People always complain that they can't do this and they can't do that." "If we look at our lives and concentrate on things that we don't have or wish to have, that doesn't change the circumstances. The truth is that we have to focus on what we have and make the best out of it.

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Have you ever felt trapped in circumstances, then discovered that the only trap was your own lack of vision, lack of courage, or failure to see that you had better options?

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When I was 8 years old, I became depressed. I kept asking why I was born this way [without arms and legs]. I also worried about my future. At the age of 10, I tried to commit suicide because I felt like giving up. But when I imagined my loving parents crying at my grave, I decided to stay.

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There's no point in being complete on the outside when you're broken in the inside.

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I'd be dishonoring God if I didn't believe I was put here on Earth to help change the world.

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In life you have a choice: Bitter or Better? Choose better, forget bitter.

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If you have the desire and passion to do something, and it's within God's will, you will achieve it.

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Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude.

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The greater the struggle the more glorious the triumph

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I know for certain that God does not make mistakes, but he does make miracles. I am one. You are, too.

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