"Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out." -- Christopher Reeve
Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world - making the most of one's best. Harry Emerson Fosdick
There are two kinds of “disabled” persons: Those who dwell on what they have lost and those who concentrate on what they have left. Thomas S. Szasz
You know the hardest thing about having cerebral palsy and being a woman? It’s plucking your eyebrows. That’s how I originally got pierced ears. Geri Jewel
Although there are many barriers facing people with disabilities today, the single greatest obstacle we face as a community is our own sense of inferiority, internalized oppression and shame. Sarah Triano
Suicide prevention for you, but suicide enhancement for us. … Society wants the disabled community to have access to a dignified death when we want access to a dignified life. Gregor Wolbring
… if I have a bad day, it's all over. It's always because of my disability. "Oh, that poor girl, she's upset because she has a disability" and I'll say, "No, I'm upset because my boyfriend left me." "Oh, because he couldn't deal with the disability?" "No, because I slept with his best friend".."Oh, you slept with his best friend because you were feeling bad because you have a disability.” Ellen Stohl (first playboy playmate with a disability)
I like to shop at factory discount stores. Clothes marked irregular fit me fine. Brett Leake
I dropped a hammer on my foot. I said, ouch, I bet that hurt. J.D. England
I know it's not politically correct to call myself handicapped. I'm supposed to say physically challenged or developmentally disabled. But I don't have that kind of time. Chris Fonseca
On my income tax 1040 it says ‘Check this box if you are blind.’ I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away. Tom Lehrer
"I thank God for my handicaps, for through them I have found myself, my work and my God." Helen Keller
"God uses suffering to purge sin from our lives, strengthen our commitment to Him, force us to depend on grace, bind us together with other believers, produce discernment, foster sensitivity, discipline our minds, spend our time wisely, stretch our hope, cause us to know Christ better, make us long for truth, lead us to repentance of sin, teach us to give thanks in time of sorrow, increase faith, and strengthen character." Joni Eareckson Tada
One thing we may be sure of, however: For the believer all pain has meaning; all adversity is profitable. There is no question that adversity is difficult. It usually takes us by surprise and seems to strike where we are most vulnerable. To us it often appears completely senseless and irrational, but to God none of it is either senseless or irrational. He has a purpose in every pain He brings or allows in our lives. We can be sure that in some way He intends it for our profit and His glory. Jerry Bridges Navigators
"God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise." Joni Eareckson Tada
"God deliberately chooses weak, suffering and unlikely candidates to get His work done, so that in the end, the glory goes to God and not to the person." Joni Eareckson Tada
"Suffering drives us to our knees in weakness, where God wants us, so that His strength is most obvious, not ours." Joni Eareckson Tada
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you.... as by the attitude you bring to life. John Homer Mills
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees calamity in every opportunity. Sir Winston Churchill
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal: nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. Thomas Jefferson
Life is 10% what you make it, and 90% how you take it. Irving Berlin
If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. Vince Lombardi
The most handicapped person in the world is a negative thinker. UnknownLife can only disappoint you if you let it. Mark Hopkins
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. Beverly Sills
If you do not believe in yourself, do NOT blame others for lacking faith in you. Brendan Frances
The Difference between the "impossible" and the "possible" lies in a person's determination. Tommy Larsorda
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude. Amy Tan
Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely. Karen Kaiser Clark
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you. They're supposed to help you discover who you are. Bernice Johnson Reagan
If you want to be strong, know your weakness. Unknown He who conquers his anger has conquered an enemy. Unknown
Learning to live is learning to let go. Sogyal Rimpoche
Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde
When you judge others, you define yourself. Unknown
"Moses spent 40 years thinking he was somebody; 40 years learning he was nobody; and 40 years discovering what God can do with a nobody." DL Moody
God has reserved to Himself the right to determine the end of life, because He alone knows the goal to which it is His will to lead it. It is for Him alone to justify a life or to cast it away. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The river of the Spirit of God overcomes all obstacles. Never get your eyes on the obstacle or on the difficulty. Oswald Chambers- "My Utmost For His Highest" (p 250)
Most of the verses written about praise in God's Word were voiced by people faced with crushing heartaches, injustice, treachery, slander, and scores of other difficult situations. Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni and Friends
"God cannot use mightily the man whom he has not wounded deeply." AW Tozer
"Although our suffering is real and although our pain abides, we know that this is the way that God in His magnificent sovereignty has chosen to save the world." RC Sproul, Reason to Believe
"This is God's universal purpose for all Christian suffering - more contentment in God and less satisfaction with self." John Piper
Many Christians seem to understand the concept of being saved by grace, but they have missed the concept of being sustained by grace. James D. Mallory, Jr.
"Salvation is free, ... but discipleship will cost you your life." (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
“I have been more service to God disabled than during my able-bodied years. This didn’t happen despite my disability but because of my disability.” Canadian Mark Pickup (disabled with multiple sclerosis)
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I think I liked the Brett Leake quote best. It's not profound but it made me laugh.
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