Quotes by Disability We're building on an international network with many others for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There are so many things we can do to carry forward policies. Janet Reno disabilitypassagesbuilding When I do public speaking, I ask the audience, "Who has a family member, a neighbor, a friend with some form of disability?" Every single hand goes up. We're all connected. Jay Ruderman disabilitypublic-speakinghands Many people with physical disabilities have romantic lives and good marriages to partners who see past their disabilities and recognize all of the things they can do. Jeanne Phillips disabilitypeoplepast Being unconscious is the ultimate disability. Jessa Gamble disabilityunconsciousultimate There are millions of people out there ignoring disabilities and accomplishing incredible feats. I learned you can learn to do things differently, but do them just as well. I've learned that it's not the disability that defines you, it's how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with. And I've learned that we have an obligation to the abilities we DO have, not the disability. Jim Abbott disabilitychallengespeople If you keep harping on a disability, then you'll start believing there is one. So I don't. Jim Abbott disabilityperspectivebelieve Chastity is not chastity in an old man, but a disability to be unchaste. John Donne disabilityold-manmen We all have abilities. I don't want to be recognized for my disability; I want to be recognized for my ability. Kelly Knox disabilityability You don't have to have a disability to be different. Kim Peek disabilitydifferent There is something extraordinary about people who have a disability to reach (into themselves) on a daily level that becomes supernatural. Kristoffer Polaha disabilitylevelspeople Your disability is your opportunity. Kurt Hahn disabilityopportunity I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word. Laura Linney learning-disabilitywritten-worddisability But pain seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain? Lois McMaster Bujold disabilitypainwinning I hated school . . . . One of the reasons was a learning disability, dyslexia, which no one understood at the time. I still can't spell . . . Loretta Young disabilityreasonschool Someone who has a disability is not necessarily in distress. You may be embarrassing and inconveniencing someone by butting in and making assumptions. Mallory Ortberg disabilityassumptionmay Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of Morgan Freeman disabilitypeoplethinking Mercy laughed. “You have to excuse them—boys suffer from an incurable disability.” “What?” “Testosterone. Nalini Singh disabilitysufferingboys Barring extreme physical and mental disabilities, each and every one of us is where we are today -- be it poor or wealthy, happy or sad, on the streets or in a condo, in a Mercedes or a rusted-out Pinto -- because of the choices we have made during our lives. It's the choices we have made that put us where we are, not the choices others have made for us. Neal Boortz disabilitychoicestoday Disability is an art - an ingenious way to live. Neil Marcus disabilityway-to-liveart Fear is a bigger disability than having no arms and no legs. Nick Vujicic disabilityarmslegs«12345678»
