Disabled Quotes
156 quotes by 125 authors
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The use of psychoactive drugs - including both antidepressants and antipsychotics - has exploded...[yet] 'the tally of those who are disabled...increased nearly two and a…
— Marcia Angell
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The Oxys filled holes in me I hadn't realized were empty. It was, at least for those first few months, a wonderful way to be…
— Donald Ray Pollock
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Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.
— Stephen Hawking
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Being disabled doesn't have to be a disadvantage.
— Oscar Pistorius
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Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service. Whatever form we…
— Mother Teresa
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....What I learned was that these athletes were not disabled, they were superabled. The Olympics is where heroes are made. The Paralympics is where heroes…
— Joey Reiman
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As a disabled man, let my life be a reflection of the endless amount of ability that exists in each and everyone of us.
— Robert M. Hensel
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Being disabled gave me an immense advantage. People are kinder to you. It puts you on a different level than if you go into a…
— Dorothea Lange
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What is the politically correct term for 'retarded'?""I think the words you're fishing for are 'mentally disabled.' And no. I'm not mentally disabled.
— Rachel Gibson
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The night before my amputation, my former basketball coach brought me a magazine with an article on an amputee who ran in the New York…
— Terry Fox
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You may have noticed that society is rapidly going downhill. Inflation, lack of fuel and even war cast deep shadows over the world. And the…
— L. Ron Hubbard
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Being disabled doesn't mean you have a disadvantage
— Oscar Pistorius
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Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.
— Nelson Mandela
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Building up a weakness just makes you less disabled. Building a strength can take you to the top of the world.
— John Elder Robison
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The President's policy proposal, known as 'chained CPI,' would re-calculate the cost of living for Social Security beneficiaries. That new number won't keep up with…
— Elizabeth Warren
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The suffering inflicted, and more often than not on the most vulnerable sectors of society, demeans all of us as humanity. That it is invariably…
— Nelson Mandela
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Human life, the person is no longer perceived as a primary value to be respected and protected, especially if poor or disabled, if not yet…
— Pope Francis
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I honestly didn't think miracles could ever come from my broken pieces, and I was disabled in fear that my dreams would always remain as…
— Nick Vujicic
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I am a psychologically disabled person and it's difficult for me to get and hold down a job. When I don't work people accuse me…
— Rhonda Byrne
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I'm also involved in the rights of the disabled and do some fundraising for that and I thought it would have been a big boost…
— David Prowse
Who Wrote These Disabled Quotes
125 authors contributed a total of 156 Disabled Quotes, led by these top contributors: