If I, deaf, blind, find life rich and interesting, how much more can you gain by the use of your five senses!

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Work begins when the fear of doing nothing at all finally trumps the terror of doing it badly.

Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it.

An insecure person will attempt to make you think that your strengths are weaknesses so that you can also feel insecure.

When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.

I grew up with my two sisters and my mom, so it's my lot in life to be surrounded by women.

When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.

A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

The groom is like a flower of gold. When he walks, blossoms at his feet unfold.

Sometimes, the most courageous act a human can do is to let somebody love them

People wouldn’t have become who we are today if we hadn’t coevolved with dogs.