Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

People are too prone to think that the actual is the limit of possibility. They believe that all that has been done is all that can be done.

A person who is severely impaired never knows his hidden sources of strength until he is treated like a normal human being and encouraged to shape his own life.

When all you can feel are the shadows, turn your face towards the sun.

We can drift along with general opinion and tradition, or we can throw ourselves upon the guidance of the soul within and steer courageously toward truth... We have a choice in every event and every limitation and....to choose is to create.

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

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