World Disability Day Quotes
I’m just a man on a mission, to prove my disability hasn’t won – Robert M. Hensel
The severity of one’s disability does not determine their level of potential. the greatest barriers that persons with disabilities have to over come are not steps or curbs, it’s expectations. ~ Karen Clay
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. – Helen Keller
If disabled people were truly heard, an explosion of knowledge of the human body and psyche would take place.– Susan Wendell
So to all who are situated as I am, I would say–Grow up as fast as you can.
‘No disability or dictionary out there is capable of clearly defining who we are as a person.’ – Robert M Hensel
Hold my hand and walk with me.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. – Mark Twain
There are a plan and a purpose, a value to every life, no matter what its location, age, gender or disability. – Sharron Angle
World Disability Day Quotes In English
Because I’m able to bring my all to work, I’m able to give my all at work. – Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy Kathy Martinez
I never met a bitter person who was thankful. Or a thankful person who was bitter. – Nick Vujicic
Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity. – Stephen Hawking
I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. Christopher Reeve
The difference between those who fail and those who succeed is largely perseverance. Never quit. – Charles Schwab
Chastity is not chastity in an old man, but a disability to be unchaste. – John Donne
It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven’t done badly. People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining. –Stephen Hawking
We are put in situations to build our character… not destroy us. – Nick Vujicic
Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you. Bethany Hamilton
I’m not going to be one of those amputees who dances and everyone finds inspiring. I’m not inspiring. I’m just me. ― Katherine Locke
Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings. – Helen Keller
World Disability Day Quotes In English
As a disabled man, let my life be a reflection of the endless amount of ability that exists in each and everyone of us. – Robert M. Hensel
I have had this desire my whole life to prove people wrong, to show them I could do things they didn’t think I could do. David A. Paterson
No disability or dictionary out there, is capable of clearly defining who we are as a person.– Robert M Hensel
When everyone else says you can’t, determination says,YES YOU CAN. – Robert M. Hensel
Hard things are put in our way, not to stop us, but to call out our courage and strength. Unknown
Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn’t mean he lacks vision. –Stevie Wonder
The world worries about disability more than disabled people do. – Warwick Davis
It is a lonely existence to be a child with a disability which no-one can see or understand, you exasperate your teachers, you disappoint your parents, and worst of all you know that you are not just stupid. – Susan Hampshire
Use the skills that I have got.Do not focus on what I have not.Of course, I am aware of my limitation. Yet, I am a part of God’s wonderful creation. – William E. Lightbourne
World Disability Day Quotes In English
Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings. – Simone Weil
Limitations only go so far. – Robert M. Hensel
Every disability conceals a vocation, if only we can find it, which will ‘turn the necessity to glorious gain. – C.S. Lewis
It is not possible to be in favor of justice for some people and not be in favor of justice for all people. ~Martin Luther King, jr.
The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he’s got an abscess on his knee or in his soul. – Rona Barrett
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
I was slightly brain damaged at birth, and I want people like me to see that they shouldn’t let a disability get in the way. I want to raise awareness – I want to turn my disability into ability.Susan Boyle
People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case; our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone. – Aimee Mullins
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway – Mary Kay Ash
World Disability Day Quotes In English
I don’t have a dis-ability, I have a different-ability. –Robert M. Hensel
My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn’t accessible. – Stella Young
We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
‘When you have a disability, knowing that you are not defined by it is the sweetest feeling.’ – Anne Wafula Strike
I often wished that more people understood the invisible side of things. Even the people who seemed to understand didn’t really. ― Jennifer Starzec
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I learn. Involve me and I remember. -Benjamin Franklin
Being disabled does not mean Un-abled, just Different Abled. – Mr. Noel Helm
If you’re an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don’t fit in, if you’re not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero. – Steve Guttenberg
That’s software in the States that I helped to develop. It enables people with disabilities to improvise. – Pauline Oliveros
A child is only as disabled as their environment and the beliefs of the people around them. – Bala Pillai DPT, PCS
I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist. – Max Lerner
World Disability Day Quotes In English
Let’s stop tolerating” or “accepting” difference, as if we’re so much better for not being different in the first place. Instead, let’s celebrate difference, because in this world it takes a lot of guts to be different.” – Kate Bornstein
To sit there and tell anybody they can’t do something because of a disability, I think that’s ridiculous. –Pat McDonald, who uses a wheelchair and has a goal of playing on the PGA Tour
Being unconscious is the ultimate disability. – Jessa Gamble
I thank God for my handicaps, for through them I have found myself, my work and my God. Helen Keller
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. Helen Keller
You play the hand you’re dealt. I think the game’s worthwhile. – Christopher Reeves
Enable the Disabled; Translate Disability into Ability; Capability, a winning Opportunity-Indeed a Reality – Dr Veena Kumari
Being born with a disability can sometimes be a struggle, but it is the ability to overcome such a challenge, that makes it so worth the fight. NEVER GIVE UP!!! – Robert M. Hensel
World Disability Day Quotes In English
If we are to achieve a richer culture, we must weave one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place. Margaret Meade
There is a plan and a purpose, a value to every life, no matter what its location, age, gender or disability. – Sharon Angle
Disability is not a brave struggle or courage in the face of adversity. Disability is an art. It’s an ingenious way to live. – Neil Marcus
