Handicaps are really to be used another way to benefit yourself and others.
STEVIE WONDER
STEVIE WONDER
Stevie Wonder on disability
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Stevie WonderStevie Wonder For the most part, I feel really comfortable with what I’ve given to the people. I want to give it to them again.
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder It feels better to love than to hate.
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder We all have hearts. If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody.
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder The power has to be in your desire to see everyone thrive.
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder I know that there’ll be a continuation of making the world more accessible for people with disabilities.
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder The most important thing is, when I do give the music, I’m satisfied with it, that it speaks for what I want to do.
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder The Lord that I serve says the impossible is unacceptable.
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder Of all the needs that we have right now, more than anything we need a time for love.
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder God gave me life to continue to do things that I would never have done.
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations.
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder Why has there never been a holiday where peace is celebrated all throughout the world?
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder There are a lot of things happening that show us that this, right now, is a time to love.
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder When I was a child, kids used to make fun of me because I was blind. But I just became more curious, ‘How can I climb this tree and get an apple for this girl?’ That’s what mattered to me.
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I can’t change it, That was God’s plan for my life and I’m going to go with it.
Bethany HamiltonBethany Hamilton The way my brain processes information is quite odd. I mean, I have Attention Deficit Disorder and another learning disability I can’t even spell. I don’t even have a high school diploma. I’m smart, but you can’t prove it on paper.
Ron WhiteRon White I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.
Aimee MullinsAimee Mullins And I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.
Aimee MullinsAimee Mullins Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
Aimee MullinsAimee Mullins I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
Aimee MullinsAimee Mullins I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
Aimee MullinsAimee Mullins For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn’t grow up being told that I was a disabled child.
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