Disability Quotes

304 Disability quotes by 216 unique authors

I seem to be thinking rationally again in the style that is characteristic of scientists. However, this is not entirely a matter of joy as… — John Forbes Nash
Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone. — Martina Navratilova
Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and the whole of society and of the economy is transformed.… — David Ogilvy
People didn't always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges.… — Major Owens
I have a strong sense that I have to educate people about disability. — Oscar Pistorius
The purpose of the ADA was to provide clear and comprehensive national standards to eliminate discrimination against individuals with disabilities. As a result, individuals with… — Jim Ramstad
The greatest feeling of accomplishment for me is the fact that I was an athlete who was somewhat disabled. — Bill Toomey
I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that… — Calvin Trillin
Disabled people need more invested in their education, housing, job training, transportation, assistive technology, and independent-living facilities. Governments earn back this investment - and more… — Jesse Ventura
We are all in this together. We want to have, I suppose, a single point of entry so that anyone coming near a disability service… — Jay Weatherill
Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs… — Simone Weil
The way my brain processes information is quite odd. I mean, I have Attention Deficit Disorder and another learning disability I can't even spell. I… — Ron White
Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision. — Stevie Wonder
These days the technology can solve our problems and then some. Solutions may not only erase physical or mental deficits but leave patients better off… — Daniel H. Wilson
Surgeons always underestimate the pain and disability involved in what they do to people. — Robert Winston
Are there many people without illness or disability who sit at home in the evening with clenched fists, continually changing the channel of a television… — Alasdair Gray
A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strenghs; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit;… — William Arthur Ward
But pain... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on… — Lois McMaster Bujold
I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God. — Helen Keller
His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few. — Terry Pratchett

Who Wrote These Disability Quotes

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