To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.

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

If we do not like our work, and do not try to get happiness out of it, we are a menace to our profession as well as to ourselves.

When one door closes, another one opens, but sometimes we wait too long looking at the closed door, and never realize that another door has been opened.

There's only one story, the story of your life.

The worst thing in the world is not to be born blind, but to be born with sight, and yet have no vision.

The worst thing is to be born sighted but to lack vision.