I feel that losing both my legs was a blessing. It was meant to happen to me: I wouldn't have had the opportunity to touch so many lives in such a positive way.

It’s believing in those dreams and facing our fears head on that allows us to live our lives beyond our limits.

If your life were a book, and you were the author, how would you want your story to go?

Our borders and our obstacles can only do two things: (1) stop us in our tracks, or (2) force us to get creative.

It's not about breaking down borders. It's about pushing off of them, and seeing what amazing places they might bring us.

We all have disabilities. Just some are more visible than others. We all have challenges, we all have obstacles

When we embrace the things that make us unique, our true and remarkable capabilities are revealed

When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life; Only True Disability Is in Our Mind.

You don't always have to have the most amazing story. It's learning to share the story you have that counts.

We live as if we know how everything will turn out. I certainly lived that way. But we don't know anything. Really, we don't.

I was in kidney failure. I ended up having a kidney transplant on my 21st birthday.

I am convinced that I never wrong anyone intentionally...

Slash sat me down at his house and said, You've got to clean up your act. You know you've gone too far when Slash is saying, Look, you've got to get into rehab.

Friends don't let friends get killed by serial killers

I'll go where secrets are sold Where roses unfold I'll sleep as time goes by

I think that's the hardest part for an artist is finding their voice and learning how to write, finding what they have to say that is unique.

Sometimes we can choose the paths we follow. Sometimes our choices are made for us. And sometimes we have no choice at all.

If you are looking for a whale you cannot search for a whale in a pond. You must go to deep waters.

The race to be a leader is crowded, but the field is wide open for those willing to be servants

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

Perhaps there is no more important component of character than steadfast resolution.