Disability Quotes · Page 8

It was Jacques Chirac and Schroeder both, who pushed us into a conflict to remove Milosevic.

— Curt Weldon

People with disabilities are simply part of diverse communities in the U.S.

— Stella Young

The true disability is to be unable to think properly.

— Rabeya

“I block out the pain, lock it behind a wall like I've done my entire life...”

— Rebecca Yarros

Chastity is not chastity in an old man, but a disability to be unchaste.

— John Donne

I don't see it as a disability. I'm just a normal person, but a bit smaller than everyone else.

— Ellie Simmonds

If you keep harping on a disability, then you'll start believing there is one. So I don't.

— Jim Abbott

“My disability was my justification! It was my excuse for failing to engage with the world.”

— Arbinger Institute

“Can the child who is Dell; be the outer emoodiment of man's quest to save himself? To cure himself?...Or, to "be" himself?”

— Milkweed L. Augustine

I don't think many people stare at people in wheelchairs because we see it regularly. I suppose if you see more in…

— Katie Piper

People with disability have always been viewed as second-class citizens compared to non-disabled people. It's just an unconscious bias that people have.

— Dylan Alcott

If a disability is physical, then it can hinder success for some time, but if it is mental, it will not let…

— Mak_786

The biggest disabilities are when you sabotage yourself mentally, those personal demons that get on your shoulder and you can't shake 'em.

— Zach Anner

Not only does disability impact individual health and well-being, it also leads to social and economic exclusion.

— Peter Maurer

“I wanted to share the realities of living with a disability since birth. My book is my attempt to promote increased inclusion…

— Stephanie Torreno

We are the trade union for pensioners and children, the trade union for the disabled and the sick... the trade union for…

— Edward Heath

A lot of roles for people with disabilities are quite patronising. It's a real pity when they are just used to give…

— Mark Haddon

When I was younger there was no programming that talked about disability in the way that we do. I wish there had…

— Alex Brooker

I'm not saying that sporting achievement will determine what our nation's perception of disability is. It doesn't matter whether someone comes first…

— Alex Brooker

Childhood vaccines are one of the great triumphs of modern medicine. Indeed, parents whose children are vaccinated no longer have to worry…

— Ezekiel Emanuel

There are a lot of people who are moving from unemployment to disability rolls, and there are a lot of people who…

— Zanny Minton Beddoes

In America access is always about architecture and never about human beings. Among Israelis and Palestinians, access was rarely about anything but…

— John Hockenberry

If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead,…

— Gary Bauer

“soft. Her hand was so soft, like cat fur, like bird feathers, like...everything soft he could think of. Her thumb caressing the…

— Bonnie Dee

Herein lies the real value of education. Advanced education may or may not make men and women more efficient; but it enriches…

— William Lyon Phelps

“Discrimination is the most polite word for abuse aka denying equal opportunity by anyone in power based on age, ancestry, color, disability…

— Ramesh Lohia

It's a cultural disability in America that we worship pleasure, leisure, and affluence. I think the church is doubly damned when they…

— Rich Mullins

To deny one's self, to take up the cross, denotes something immeasurably grander than self-imposed penance or rigid conformity to a Divine…

— George C. Lorimer

I find personally that when I go to a place where I can't get in, I feel hostility from whatever it is,…

— Itzhak Perlman

“In fact, his travelogues spend amazingly little time discussing his blindness. Only one passage stands out for its frank discussion of his…

— Sam Kean

“There was a lot of pain in that kiss. There was so much hurt and so much fear in it. I felt…

— Keary Taylor

“EDS is a scary and challenging diagnosis, but the consequences of not knowing are far greater than that of a correct diagnosis.…

— Michael Bihovsky

People with disabilities are capable and deserve the same opportunities as everyone else.

— Madeline Stuart

Within the realms of my disability, I was able to be quite independent.

— Alex Brooker

If one is physically disabled, one cannot afford to be *psychologically* disabled as well.

— Stephen Hawking

Paralympic sport and other disability sport can and should be celebrated in its own right.

— Stella Young

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.

— Aimee Mullins

“Behind the disability, we have a heart and a mind.”

— Matthew Kenslow

Now that people know who I am, I don't really have to talk as much about the disability stuff.

— Josh Blue

The situation in disability sport is growing, and girls like Ellie Cole are doing wonders.

— Natalie du Toit