I've still never had a dream that I'm disabled. Never.
Interpretation
The quote reflects a mindset of overcoming limitations and embracing one's potential regardless of challenges.
Christopher Reeve's quote emphasizes the importance of maintaining a positive outlook and a powerful sense of self despite physical challenges. It suggests that one's identity and dreams are not defined by disabilities, but rather by their aspirations and mindset, promoting resilience and courage in the face of adversity.
In practice
Use this quote during a motivational speech about overcoming challenges.
I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don't know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.
Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change.
Once you choose hope, anything's possible
Nothing of any consequence happens unless people get behind an idea. It begins with an individual and they share the idea with more individuals-and eventually it becomes a movement.
Success is not about money and power. Real success is about relationships. There's no point in making $50 million a year if your teenager thinks you're a jerk and you spend no time with your wife.
We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them.
It's very hard to turn your back once you're aware of what's going on, and you're aware of the injustices, and you're aware of the civilian casualties. It's much easier if you have no idea and you've never seen it.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall with our English dead.
If my revelation of having bipolar II has encouraged one person to seek help, then it is worth it. There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help.
It is treacherous on a high wire to change your focus point and suddenly look down.
My wheelchair was the key to seeing all this happen—especially since God’s power always shows up best in weakness. So here I sit … glad that I have not been healed on the outside, but glad that I have been healed on the inside. Healed from my own self-centered wants and wishes.
In my darkest days in the oncology unit, I promised myself that if I ever got into remission one day, I would become a stronger, healthier and better version of my precancer self.
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