Madeline Stuart Quotes

It's society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.

I hope that when people with Down's see me, they will be inspired to do more than they think they can.

I think it's important for people to see how much more people with Down syndrome can get out of life when given responsibilities.

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

Honoring everyone contains the promise of possibility.

You have to give people the opportunity to prove themselves.

Let the path be open to talent.

When I go in to see people - and I sell an occasional ad now - I never say, 'Help me because I am black' or 'Help me because I am a minority.' I always talk about what we can do for them.

Let us do justice to them [the Jews].... Let us open to them every career in which ability and energy can be displayed. Till we have done this, let us not presume to say that there is no genius among the countrymen of Isaiah, no heroism among the descendants of the Maccabees.

Everyone - regardless of their background, wealth, race, faith, gender, sexual orientation or age - should be able to fulfil their potential and succeed.

We stood up and said that we welcome everyone, and that everyone deserves a shot to succeed.

As leaders, I think we have to give people in many places a chance to have success, not continue to put those people down.

I want everyone to live to their full potential without having to fear someone will try to knock them down or discriminate against them.

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

Making those around you feel invisible is the opposite of leadership.

What I think is that we should be helping people so they can reach an even greater potential.

To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.

I showed people that it's not about guessing what people can do. It's about saying, 'Here, show me what you can do.'

Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities.

He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity.

I believe it is my responsibility to do what I can for children and people with Down syndrome as well as in my native Dominican Republic.

There is no one that we can afford to throw away.

All young people, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, need someone who's got their back.

I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.

I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.