The chief handicap of the blind is not blindness, but the attitude of seeing people towards them.

A smile goes a long way, but you must first start it on its journey.

Better to be blind and see with your heart, than to have two good eyes and see nothing.

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

We are never really happy until we try to brighten the lives of others.

Instead of being satisfied to alleviate suffering, we shall labor hard and continually to prevent it.

I, who have never heard a sound, tell you there is no silence, and I, who have never seen a ray of light, tell you there is no darkness.