Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
AIMEE MULLINSIt’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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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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Success isn’t winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can’t control all of them.
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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being…that is the true glory of sport.
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At some point in every person’s life, you will need an assisted medical device – whether it’s your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us.
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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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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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Truthfully, the only real and consistent disability I’ve had to confront is the world ever thinking that I could be described by those definitions.
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Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
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We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don’t see on my CV. The stuff that doesn’t work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.
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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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I’m not running around as a continual ray of sunshine. It’s just I don’t believe in wasting time feeling sorry for myself. Get over it.
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