SELECTED QUOTES ON DISABILITY
“My disability has opened my eyes to see my true abilities.” – Robert M. Hensel
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” – Winston Churchill
“It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.” –Muhammad Ali
“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” –Helen Keller
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
“What I learned was that these athletes were not disabled, they were superable. The Olympics is where heroes are made. The Paralympics is where heroes come.” – Joey Reiman
“Know me for my abilities, not my disability.” – Robert M. Hensel
“Great ideas originate in the muscles.” – Thomas Edison
“When everyone else says you can’t, determination says, ”YES YOU CAN.” – Robert M. Hensel
‘Concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically.’ – Stephen Hawking
‘No disability or dictionary out there is capable of clearly defining who we are as a person.’ – Robert M Hensel
My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically.” – Stephen Hawking
“Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you’re needed by someone.” – Martina Navratilova
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” – Thomas Edison
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. – Jimmy Dean
“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.” – Helen Keller
