"Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight."

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

"The chief delight of the senses is in the perception of beauty."

"I am just as deaf as I am blind. The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important, than those of blindness."

"I thank God for my handicaps, for through them I have found myself, my work and my God."