Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.

I haven't had an easy life, but at some point ,you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you want to be. I have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.

The Pentagon isn't a place that champions individuality and innovation.

Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.

There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled. Truthfully, the only real and consistent disability I’ve had to confront is the world ever thinking that I could be described by those definitions.

When I'm curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I've really explored it, I'm OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.

Sure, I'd love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.