The only true disability is a crushed spirit
AIMEE MULLINSTrue beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
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And I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren’t necessarily the most wonderful athletes.
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When I’m curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I’ve really explored it, I’m OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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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.
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I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
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In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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