Mattie Stepanek Quotes

Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.

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.

Sad things happen. They do. But we don't need to live sad forever.

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.

If you have enough breath to complain about anything, you have more than enough reason to give thanks about something.

I choose to live until death, not spend the time dying until death occurs.

Remember to play after every storm.

My life mission is to spread peace to the world.

Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.

Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second.

We always have to choose to live our lives to the fullest. No one is better or worse than anyone else. We are different and beautiful.

People are fighting over how our heartsongs are different. But they don't need to be the same. That's the beauty. We are a mosaic of gifts. Each of us has our inner beauty no matter how we look.

I have a song deep in my heart, And only I can hear it. If I close my eyes and sit very still ...It is so easy to listen to my song. When my eyes are open and I am so Busy and moving and busy, If I take time and listen very hard, I can still hear my Heartsong. It makes me feel happy. Happier than ever. Happier than everywhere And everything and everyone In the whole wide world. Happy like thinking about Going to Heaven when I die. My Heartsong sounds like this: I love you! I love you! How happy you can be! How happy you can make this whole World be.

It's the song in your heart that wants you to help make yourself a better person, and to help other people do the same. Everybody has one.

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.

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.

You can't lie down in the ashes of another person's life.

Do not breathe simply to exist.

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.

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.

There can be many different views of what Heaven is like, because Heaven is whatever makes each person eternally and fully happy.

Poetry is a beautiful way of expressing feelings - happy, sad, angry, caring. It's also a way that we share with other people, to help them with those feelings.

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.

I want to be remembered as a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.

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.