Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do. Michael J. Fox More Quotes by Michael J. Fox More Quotes From Michael J. Fox I see possibilities in everything. For everything that's taken away, something of greater value has been given. Michael J. Fox optimisticgiving-uptaken I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor. Michael J. Fox sense-of-humorworldthinking Whatever the situation, just take it for what it is. You don't have to make it worse or better than it is. It just is what it is. Always deal with the honesty, the truth of what something is, and then you've got all kinds of choices. Michael J. Fox honestychoiceskind A creative mess is better than idle tidiness. Michael J. Fox idlemesscreative I urge you to be challenged and inspired by what you do not know. Michael J. Fox inspiredknowsknowledge One of the great things about Parkinson's, in a superficial way, is it relieved me of vanity. I don't worry about what I look like, because it's literally out of my hands. But on a deeper level, it gives you a real humility, because you have to deal every day with the fact that you compromise. Michael J. Fox vanityhumilityreal There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums. Michael J. Fox disappointmentsecretloss If you allow for the possibilities of something better, you move toward it instinctively. Michael J. Fox something-betterpossibilitymoving I often say now I don't have any choice whether or not I have Parkinson's, but surrounding that non-choice is a million other choices that I can make. Michael J. Fox parkinsonsmillionschoices My experience is to deal with things through humor. Michael J. Fox deals A lot of times, when you have a disability, one of the things you deal with is other people's projections of what your experience is and their fear about it, and not seeing the experience you're having. There's nothing horrifying about it to me. It is what I deal with. It is my reality and my life, but it's not horrible. Michael J. Fox diseaserealitypeople My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations. Michael J. Fox changemotivationalinspirational The purpose that you wish to find in life, like a cure you seek, is not going to fall from the sky. ...I believe purpose is something for which one is responsible; it's not just divinely assigned. Michael J. Fox inspirationalbelievefall The least amount of judging we can do, the better off we are. Michael J. Fox judgementjudgingcan-do Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it saved my ass. Michael J. Fox catcuriositymay I happen to be a Parkinson's patient. I'm not fearful of my condition or my future - but if someone is looking in my eyes for fear, then they see their own fear reflected back at them. Michael J. Fox parkinsonspatienteye I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there's a power greater than myself. And I always believe, don't inflict harm where it's not necessary. Michael J. Fox humilitypracticebelieve The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature - that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. Michael J. Fox humilityhumblerunning If you asked my kids to describe me, they'd go through a whole list of words before even thinking about Parkinson's. And honestly, I don't think about it that much either. I talk about it because it's there, but it's not my totality. Michael J. Fox listskidsthinking If you have one foot in yesterday and one foot in tomorrow, you're pissing all over today. Michael J. Fox feetyesterdaytoday
