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Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.

Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change.

It's important to me to say what I really mean.

It's defeatist to harp on what might have been, and yet, it's hard to resist considering what might have been.

I never said I will stand, I said I hoped to stand. It wasn't a prediction.

I remember telling a neurosurgeon, "Don't give me too much information, because at the moment my ignorance is my best asset."

The bigger the canvas, the better I do. I'm not so good at understated, kitchen-sink kinds of parts.

If I can laugh, I can live.

America is better when all of us take care of all of us.

Either you choose to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out into the ocean.

Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.

At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable.

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.

To be able to feel the lightest touch really is a gift.

You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile.

I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college.

I'm not living the life I thought I would lead, but it does have meaning, purpose. There is love ... there is joy ... there is laughter.

I have never been disabled in my dreams.

I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken.

If you don't have a vision, nothing happens.

All the scientists who are working on solving the problem of curing paralysis say that it won't do you any good if you don't keep your body in shape.

A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.

Every scientist should remove the word 'impossible' from their lexicon.

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.

I learned years ago to come to terms with having so much done for me by others.

Once we choose hope, everything is possible.

The character is a piece of fiction. You are yourself, however, and that makes you interesting, because you're alive and you're a human being.

A hero is an ordinary person doing things in an extra ordinary way.

By reaching out, more comes back than you can possibly imagine.

What can I do today to take a step forward?

I get pretty impatient with people who are able-bodied but are somehow paralyzed for other reasons.

I've still never had a dream that I'm disabled. Never.

Once you choose hope, anything's possible.

I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I'm beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis.

We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people.

I have no bones to pick and no fight with society. And I'm willing to be and interested in being in the mainstream of society.

A Hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

I don't have to prove anything to anyone. As a result, I am ready to take up again the characters who are closer to what I really am.

Some people are walking around with full use of their bodies and they're more paralyzed than I am.

Your body is not who you are. The mind and spirit transcend the body.

We all have many more abilities and internal resources than we know. My advice is that you don't need to break your neck to find out about them.

If we don't dream of the possible,
the possible never happens.

In the face of adversity, hope often comes in the form of a friend who reaches out to us.

I am a very lucky guy. I can testify before Congress. I can raise funds. I can raise awareness.

Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.

Living a life with meaning means spreading the word. Even if you can't move, you can have a powerful effect with what you say.

There is a relationship between the mind and the body that can both create a physical condition and enable us to recover from it

You've got to give more than you take.

You should have a dream and absolutely go for it. Don't let anybody say you can't do it.

Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching.

I'm starting a new chapter in my [[life], and you have no idea how much that means.

Pain is inevitable. Misery is a choice.

Don't put a limit on what can be accomplished.

And if you can channel the truth of your own experience onto the stage, that's what the audience wants to see.