Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" My disease is a very rare form of muscular dystrophy, called disautonomic mitochondrial myopathy. "
Mattie Stepanek
Muscular
Disease
Very
Related Quotes:
" I do fear death. But what I actually fear is not dying. I mean, true, it will be sad. But I know that there is a better place waiting for me. "
Mattie Stepanek
Place
Sad
Me
" Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second. "
Mattie Stepanek
Nature
Sunset
Rainbow
" You know, it's kind of hard because I really - I see kids on their Rollerblades and their bikes, and just running around, climbing trees, and I used to do that. And I loved doing that. "
Mattie Stepanek
Loved
You
Trees
" I never question God. Sometimes I say, 'Why me? Why do I have such a hard life? Why do I have this disease? Why do I have siblings who died?' But then I think and say, 'Why not me?' "
Mattie Stepanek
Me
Sometimes
Think
" I think that someone is watching out for me, God, my guardian angel, I'm not sure who that is, but they really work hard. "
Mattie Stepanek
Work Hard
Angel
God
" I think I may have to grow up without growing old. I think we're going to have to define differently what I'm going to be. We're going to have to define my growing up differently. "
Mattie Stepanek
Grow
Growing Old
Growing Up
" My life mission is to spread peace to the world. "
Mattie Stepanek
Peace
World
Life
" You can't lie down in the ashes of another person's life. "
Mattie Stepanek
You
Person
Life
" The doctor said, 'He can't last a week.' And I did. And they said, 'There's no way this kid's going to last a month.' And I did. And so they said, 'Two years. He's not going to make it.' Two years. 'Five years. He can't do that.' I lived to be five years. 'He's never going to hit double digits.' And here I am, a new teenager. "
Mattie Stepanek
I Am
Week
Way
" I would not have lasted a minute, literally a minute, on this Earth without God and angels by my side, because I was born. And right as I was born, I went into a respiratory arrest. So, big things that keep me going are friends and family, God. And another thing is looking forward to what's going to happen tomorrow. "
Mattie Stepanek
Looking
Friends And Family
Family
" I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world. "
Mattie Stepanek
Through
Writing
World
" Expressing my feelings and then the opportunity to share it with others is just such a gift. "
Mattie Stepanek
Others
Feelings
Gift
" Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now. "
Mattie Stepanek
Far Away
Now
Beginning
" Remember to look at your glass half full and not half empty. A lot of my strength comes from God. God has given me a gift - the gift of life - and it's amazing that I live each day. "
Mattie Stepanek
Live
Gift
Day
" God gives me hope that there is something greater than us, something better and bigger than the here and now, that can help us live. "
Mattie Stepanek
Me
Better
God
" Maybe I wanted to have kids because you want to leave behind lessons, leave behind everything that matters to you. That's how you touch the world. But I have to reconsider what it's like to leave a legacy. "
Mattie Stepanek
Legacy
You
Want
" I've gotten books published. I've met famous people that are very nice. I look back and I say, 'Wow. Thank you, God, for giving me this gift. And thank you for helping me to keep going.' "
Mattie Stepanek
Keep Going
Thank You
People
" Keep all special thoughts and memories for lifetimes to come. Share these keepsakes with others to inspire hope and build from the past, which can bridge to the future. "
Mattie Stepanek
Memories
Future
Hope
" Remember to play after every storm. "
Mattie Stepanek
Remember
Storm
Every
" People will come up to me everywhere and say, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Larry King,' and, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Oprah.' And it's really nice, and a lot of people say, 'Is it a pain?' And I say 'No.' And it's not annoying. "
Mattie Stepanek
Pain
King
Me
" While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed. "
Mattie Stepanek
Celebrate
Work
History
" Sometimes my body wakes me up and says 'Hey, you haven't had pain in a while. How about pain?' And sometimes I can't breathe, and that's hard to live with. But I still celebrate life and don't give up. "
Mattie Stepanek
Life
Body
Me
" It doesn't matter how you pray. Just pray. All religions are beautiful and they all have one common belief. There's something bigger and greater than us that can give us and take from us life. It is better than the here and now. "
Mattie Stepanek
Better
Life
Beautiful
" Sad things happen. They do. But we don't need to live sad forever. "
Mattie Stepanek
Sad
Things Happen
Forever
" A heartsong doesn't have to be a song in your heart. It doesn't have to be talking about love and peace. It can just be your message. It can be your feeling. Some people might even call it a conscience, even though that's not really what it is. It's your message, what you feel like you need to do. "
Mattie Stepanek
You
Heart
Love
" I feel that God has given me a very special opportunity that I should not let go to waste. I use the gift he has given me. "
Mattie Stepanek
Gift
Go
God
" The way of life is not as easy as some people think... like me. "
Mattie Stepanek
Me
Easy
Way
" We all have life storms, and when we get the rough times and we recover from them, we should celebrate that we got through it. No matter how bad it may seem, there's always something beautiful that you can find. "
Mattie Stepanek
Beautiful
Moving On
Life
" Every year, once a year, in Maryland, I go for a week and overnight camp with about 50 to 60 kids with muscular dystrophy, all ages, seven to 21. And it is really fun. I have some great friends there and wonderful counselors. "
Mattie Stepanek
Year
Friends
Fun
" Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. "
Mattie Stepanek
Unity
Collaboration
Teamwork