Kyle Carpenter Quotes

The only limitations you have are the ones you place on yourself,

You can't love life if you are not living it to the limits.

My life, and my future, belong only to me, and I made the decision that I was worth fighting for.

Circumstances may be bad, but you are not your circumstances, and the way you choose to ride them out will set the tone for everything that follows.

THAT SPRING NIGHT, FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE GRENADE ATTACK, everything changed for me. As I sat and cried with my mother, I resolved that I was going to move forward and create a new life out of what I had been handed.

From this day forward, I am choosing to live.” Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking we need to have everything figured out before we can act. You don’t have to have a road map before you set out; you don’t even have to know the direction you’re traveling. You just have to be willing to move and leave the past behind.

Sometimes, we don't get what we plan for. Sometimes, everything can go wrong even when you do everything right. You're going to fail...and that's okay. The question is what you do with that knowledge. If you don't even try because you might miss your goal, you miss out on life. We are all going to face defeat, and more than just once or twice. How you react under those circumstances is what matters- do you give up? Do you push on? Do you give it your best shot for your own peace of mind even when you know it's a lost cause? That, to me, is the real measure of perseverance; it not only shows us who we are but also forces us to think about what we could become. p263