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

Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would become blind.

A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

The civilization of a state should be measured by the amount of suffering it prevents and the degree of happiness it makes possible for its citizens.

I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do.

It is so pleasant to learn about new things. Every day I find how little I know, but I do not feel discouraged since God has given me an eternity in which to learn more.