Amy Purdy quotes

I have two prosthetic legs. This is my life; what am I going to do with it? And it's put me on this amazing journey. I can look back and be completely grateful and say I would never want to change anything.

I'm learning how strong I am, how resilient I am. I'm learning my weaknesses.

I got this second chance at life, and I live it.

You don't have to be positive all the time.

I've never wanted sympathy votes in anything I do in my life.

My dad had given my sister and I our starter car, a red, old 1985 Chevy Blazer. It was so beat up, the taillights would fall off, and we would use red duct tape.

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

I love the smell of rain, and I love the sound of the ocean waves.

At the age of 19, the day after I graduated high school, I moved to a place where it snowed, and I became a massage therapist. With this job, all I needed were my hands and my massage table by my side and I could go anywhere. For the first time in my life, I felt free, independent, and completely in control of my life.