I have never believed that my limitations were in any sense punishments or accidents. If I had held such a view, I could never have expected the strength to overcome them.

A good education is a stepping-stone to wealth.

Life is a daring adventure or nothing.

Speech is the birthright of every child. It is the deaf child's one fair chance to keep in touch with his fellows.

My life has been happy because I have had wonderful friends and plenty of interesting work to do.

The few who profit from the labor of the masses want to organize the workers into an army which will protect the interests of the capitalists.

The clatter of a changing world is not pleasant, and those who have enjoyed the comforts and protection of the old order may be shocked and unhappy when they behold the vigorous young builders of a new world sweeping away their time-honored antiquities.