Top 39 Quotes by Mattie Stepanek

About Mattie Stepanek

These are some quotes by American author Mattie Stepanek Poet, who lived between July 17, 1990 and June 22, 2004.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

Mattie Stepanek

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

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

Mattie Stepanek

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

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

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

Mattie Stepanek

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.

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

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.

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

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