Neil Diamond Quotes

I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.

Just because I am wheelchair-bound doesn't mean I don't get around.

Let me make this clear: my impairment is such that without a wheelchair, I can't do very much for myself. I can't get out of bed. I can't get myself to the toilet. I certainly can't get myself to work.

I use an electric wheelchair because I have no sense of balance, and muscle spasticity has arched my spine like a cat's, while my legs are really just for show.

There are plenty of people who have legs who are way more disabled than me.

When my doctors said I would never walk, I didn't believe them. I knew I wasn't meant to spend my life in a chair.

I was told that I would be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life.

For anyone worn down, The Impossible Will Take a Little While is a bracing double cappuccino.

Fear is a bigger disability than having no arms and no legs.

I hope this brings someone else the courage they need to face whatever challenge is before them.

When a person feels encouraged, he can face the impossible and overcome incredible adversity.

It's remarkable she [Venus Williams] plays at all, given her Sjögren's syndrome [an autoimmune disorder that can cause joint pain]. She's back, winning tournaments. She didn't allow society to tell her, "You have this disease; you can't do that anymore." I look at her, like, "She's not playing at 100 percent. You are. You don't have excuses." Knowing what she went through helped me try to be a more positive person.

I refuse to allow a disability to determine how I live my life. There is only one way to go in life and that is forward.

Beautiful revelations of power are often written by the guy who got kicked around and didn’t have any power.

Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.

Confronting and overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were before. It strengthens the mental muscles and enables you to become better prepared for the next challenge.

What an incredible thing! How much less they had than other human beings. Mentally retarded, deaf, mute - and still eagerly sanding benches.

All of us suffer difficulties in our lives. And if you say to yourself 'find a way,' you'll make it through.

When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, you can't do that' - instead of stopping me, it made me think, 'I can do that, I must do that.'

I'm inspired by challenges. My life was always like this.

I feel bad for people in wheelchairs and people who have to use crutches.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

I'm officially disabled, but I'm truly enabled because of my lack of limbs. My unique challenges have opened up unique opportunities to reach so many in need.

If you tell me I can't do something, that's the worst thing to tell me. And that's what I tell girls, and what Beckham's about: you can do it, you can do it better, and you can do it in the way you want.

I get Tweets every day from people telling me that 'Hey, I'm going to overcome my injury or my illness. Cancer. Different diseases. I can beat it because Adrian Peterson showed me the determination and the willpower to be able to prosper and get through adversity whenever it comes.'