I hate the words 'handicapped' and 'disabled'. They imply that you are less than whole. I don't see myself that way at all.

Adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet.

Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.

Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true. Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I've been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.

People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that's not the case; our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.

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.

The only true disability is a crushed spirit

Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.

Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.

It's an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it's very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.

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.

Destiny is a worrying concept. I don't want to be fated, I want to choose.

Maybe you'll win when hell freezes over."He raised an eyebrow."That could be easily arranged.

As one thinketh in his heart, so is he.

It is not my fault that my parents own the world's largest collection of black Santas.

I boast of being the only man in London who has been bombed off a lavatory seat while reading Jane Austen. She went into the bath; I went through the door.

We're no longer bored - in fact we're petrified of being alone with ourselves getting bored. Yet boredom is the foundation for creativity - an asset slowly disappearing from our world.

You can't just turn your heart off like a faucet; you have to go to the source and dry it out, drop by drop.

I have definitely had experiences where I can feel the shift from simply living my life to being slightly outside of my life and taking notes.

I keep going back to love when I write songs because I can't figure it out.

The person who will give you unexplained happiness, will also be the reason for your unexplained sadness.