Christopher Reeve
What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.Collection: Power
At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable.Collection: Dreams
Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.Collection: Hope
I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken.Collection: Hope
Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.Collection: Courage
Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.Collection: Success
I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.Collection: Strength
Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.Collection: Wisdom
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.Collection: Dreams
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.Collection: Strength
You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile.
A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.
You should take some responsibility for the way you present yourself. But you should not be hung up on your looks, whether you are ugly or handsome, because it isn't an achievement.
You've got to give more than you take.
Your body is not who you are. The mind and spirit transcend the body.
Some people are walking around with full use of their bodies and they're more paralyzed than I am.
We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them.
My father is an intellectual and physical man, which is a rather unusual combination. He's great. As he brought up me and my brothers and sisters, he ingrained in us that your appearance is not your responsibility, other than that you should not be a slob.
I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I'm beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis.
I learned years ago to come to terms with having so much done for me by others.
I never said I will stand, I said I hoped to stand. It wasn't a prediction.
It's defeatist to harp on what might have been, and yet, it's hard to resist considering what might have been.
Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching.
I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college.
I am a very lucky guy. I can testify before Congress. I can raise funds. I can raise awareness.
It's important to me to say what I really mean.
We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people.
All the scientists who are working on solving the problem of curing paralysis say that it won't do you any good if you don't keep your body in shape.
To be able to feel the lightest touch really is a gift.
I've still never had a dream that I'm disabled. Never.
It never occurred to me that I was a leading man until I was 19 years old. I had been acting since I was 10, so that's nine years and 30 or 40 plays, in school and summer stock, professional theater, too.
At some time, often when we least expect it, we all have to face overwhelming challenges. When the unthinkable happens, the lighthouse is hope. Once we find it, we must cling to it with absolute determination. When we have hope, we discover powers within ourselves we may have never known- the power to make sacrifices, to endure, to heal, and to love. Once we choose hope, everything is possible.Collection: Determination
Once you choose hope, anything's possibleCollection: Inspirational
Pain is inevitable. Misery is a choice.Collection: Pain
Don't put a limit on what can be accomplished.Collection: Greatness
Misfortune can force you into doing things you should be doing anyway. Lessons come from adversity. Anything can happen to anyone... You can find a new lease on life - more meaning than you thought possible in simple things... Let go. Live in the moment. Go forward.Collection: Letting Go
In the face of adversity, hope often comes in the form of a friend who reaches out to us.Collection: Adversity
I'm not living the life I thought I would lead, but it does have meaning, purpose. There is love... there is joy... there is laughter.Collection: Love
The key to success is letting the relationships in your life grow to the highest levels they possibly can . . . not putting yourself first in life and remembering that the more you give away, the more you have.Collection: Friendship
Once we choose hope, everything is possible.Collection: Writing
For everyone who thought I couldn’t do it… for everyone who thought I shouldn’t do it… for everyone who said, ‘It’s impossible’… see you at the finish line!Collection: Lines
Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change.Collection: Change
If you don't have a vision, nothing happens.Collection: Inspirational
I gradually stopped wondering, ‘What life do I have?' and began to consider, ‘What life can I build?Collection: Wonder
If I can laugh, I can live.Collection: Laughing
Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.Collection: Heart
A hero is an ordinary person doing things in an extra ordinary way.Collection: Hero
I'm starting a new chapter in my [[life], and you have no idea how much that means.Collection: Mean
You learn the stuff of your life (sports, movies, traveling) ... that's not the essence of your existence, my relationships were always good. Now they have transcended (rise beyond).Collection: Sports