The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse. - Helen Keller

I, too, can work, and because I love to labor with my head and my hands, I am an optimist in spite of all. I used to think I should be thwarted in my desire to do something useful. But I have found out that though the ways in which I can make myself useful are few, yet the work open to me is endless.

You are amazed at all the things you know which are not on the examination paper.

People with disabilities not only need to be given lives, they need to be given lives worth living. (paraphrased, not a direct quote))