Michelle Carter Quotes

Life ain't about just 'Chillin' It.' I've learned that.

I admire when people take the harder path, not because they are masochistic and want to beat themselves up, but because you actually kind of learn more and I think you grow more.

Learning disabilities cannot be cured, but they can be treated successfully and children with LD can go on to live happy, successful lives.

For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people.

The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you.

My biggest satisfaction was to learn, inexperienced as I was, that it is possible to find ways out of the deepest difficulties.

For me, cerebral palsy wasn't the biggest deal, because I always had it. You know, you always work with what you got.

You learn from your mistakes. Those moments they will come, and I will work and focus on it.

If you're disabled, and you're trying to achieve your dreams, accept the fact right now that you have to work 500 times more than the average bear next to you. Stop bucking for sympathy, put on your titanium legs, and run.

What I would tell a kid with ADHD and dyslexia or someone who struggles with anything in life is this: 'When you put your mind to it, you can do anything.'

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.

I've spent my whole life learning how to do things that were hard for me.

Sometimes in life, we have to continue to learn the same lesson until it sticks.

the times we worked harder to make the day stand out. our story demanded that we change and so we did.

But my message to people with or without a condition is the fact that you can still do anything you set your mind to. You just have to do it in a slightly different way than other people.

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

One of my biggest influences of all time would probably be one of my soccer coaches, Coach Darlington, from high school. He was always trying to get me to push myself really hard. No excuses. I always hated him, but it paid off. I think that's what life is all about... when you push through the hard stuff and it pays off.

I went through college while working a full-time manual-labor job, and I don't regret a minute of it; it was a great learning experience.

I've never been someone that was sort of blessed with an innate talent of just being able to do things. I had to work at it and learn from mistakes.

When we lose, we don't have to change everything but correct things by working hard.

I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.

You can work through most things and come out on the other side feeling like you've learned a good lesson and you'll get better.

So you've got to test the envelope, find out what are your abilities and if you falter, pick yourself up and test it again. Otherwise, what is it all about, you know?

If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.

Growth doesn't hurt. This is what I've learned. In the end, it doesn't hurt. It hurts while it's happening. But in the end, you know, for life, for parenting, and for the arts, it's not a bad - not a bad thing to try for.