Quotes and Sayings about Disabilities

The world worries about disability more than disabled people do.

What having a Down's syndrome child isn't - and I feel very strongly about this - is a tragedy. All those pregnancy books you read when you are expecting refer to Down's syndrome as if it were the worst possible outcome, and it's not.

People tend to treat people with disabilities sort of like they're aliens from another planet. It doesn't come from a bad place; it comes from a place of, 'I have no idea what this disability entails, and I don't want to offend anyone or make them feel awful.'

I feel strongly that having a disability in one area makes you explore others instead.

The world worries about disability more than disabled people do.

There is a plan and a purpose, a value to every life, no matter what its location, age, gender or disability.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically!

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.

If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.

Looking beautiful isn't just about what you apply on your face. It's the little things you do that matter. A combination of a good diet, exercise, healthy habits, discipline, dancing etc. is what my beauty routine consists of. Also, I have no bad habits; I don't drink or smoke. All these contribute to me being fit and looking good.

Maintaining good health should be the primary focus of everyone.

A child's mental health is just as important as their physical health and deserves the same quality of support.

All the money in the world can't buy you back good health.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

Good health is the most important thing. More than success, more than money, more than power.

I want all of you to know that I intend to beat this disease. And further, I intend to ride again as a professional cyclist.

My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it's what you need when, well, it's what anyone needs in this world.

My life is quite physical anyway. When you are three-foot-six you kind of have to climb stuff now and again, and you find yourself in quite precarious situations just to manage in what is quite a big world.

Professor Flitwick in "Harry Potter", I kind of defined how I saw him from reading the book, and luckily that matched up with the director's vision.

There's nothing better than going to the movies and going into another world, and forgetting about everything that's happening outside.

All I want to do really is get married and be a matriarch.

When I got pregnant with my first child, I gained nearly 5st. I did a bit of pretending: 'I'm just really small, so I just put on a lot of weight when I'm pregnant.' That is true, but I also ate a lot of cake.

Religion is something we don't talk about, and it is used by uneducated people as a weapon to divide us as opposed to connect with each other.

Humour allows people to exhale a little.

Publishers and record companies love a broken heart.

A writer without a pen would be like a duck without water.

Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

To me, the very definition of the word "broken" suggests that something can be fixed.

I will stand strong to defend people even if I don't agree with them.

I used to gamble when I was young. I'm wiser now.

I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that.

You can own the Earth and still
All you'll own is Earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.

Sport doesn't know barriers, really. You are judged on your performance... how far you can jump, how fast you can run, how well you can hit a tennis ball.