Adversity Quote by Harriet Martineau

[On being deaf:] How much less pain there is in calmly estimating the enjoyments from which we must separate ourselves, of bravely saying, for…

— Harriet Martineau

“Life calls for the highest order of deafness; then we can be, so to speak, happy. It”

— William T. Vollmann

“Being deaf is not a weakness or it shouldn’t be seen as one and that’s what I wanted to get across that day. It’s…

— Melyssa Winchester

[On being deaf:] We can never get beyond the necessity of keeping in full view the worst and the best that can be made…

— Harriet Martineau

“Listen for the deaf, sing for the mute, fight for the powerless.”

— Sophia Elaine Hanson

Listen to all the conversations of our world, between nations as well as between individuals. They are, for the most part, dialogues of the…

— Paul Tournier

We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions.…

— Barbara Jordan

I'm quite deaf now; such a comfort.

— Evelyn Waugh

“One of the criticisms leveled at deaf people is that they’re rigid thinkers. For”

— Lou Ann Walker

Hear only the things you should hear - be deaf to others.

— Ford Frick

I like to say that the greatest handicap of deafness does not lie in the ear, it lies in the mind. I hope that…

— Marlee Matlin

“She was not sure that her deafness had strengthened her character. She was not even sure she had met a challenge. A silent world…

— Mary Balogh