As an avid reader, a struggling writer and a lover of language, like many people I collect quotes. I’ve seen so many floating around on the social networking sites that are motivational and often shared in a business context. Less often do I read quotes pertaining to disability and adversity, so I thought I’d share a few of my favorites of these here. Please comment and share your own.<\/p>\n
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On disability:<\/p>\n
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Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well,
you are needed by someone. -Martina Navratilova <\/p>\n
Disability is physical and ability lies in the mind. William Maphoto <\/p>\n
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.-Mark
Twain <\/p>\n
We are each so much more than what some reduce to measuring.
— Karen Kaiser Clark <\/p>\n
If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must
recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less
arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a
fitting place.
— Margaret Mead <\/p>\n
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, & I learn, whatever
state I may be in, therein to be content. Helen Keller <\/p>\n
On adversity: <\/p>\n
What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly powerless or more powerful.
Blaine Lee
The Power Principle: Influence with Honor by Blaine Lee <\/p>\n
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
Seneca
The Forbes Book of Business Quotations <\/p>\n
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Horace
The Book of Positive Quotations <\/p>\n
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
English proverb
The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist, the opportunity in every difficulty.
L.I. Jacks
Words for All Occasions by Glenn van Ekeren <\/p>\n
One of my all-time favorites: <\/p>\n
"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, playwright <\/p>\n
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As an avid reader, a struggling writer and a lover of language, like many people I collect quotes. I’ve seen so many floating around on…<\/p>\n