What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

Facts may be colored by the personalities of the people who present them.

Your boyfriend shouldn't be your only friend.

Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.

Integrity is essential and irreplaceable. It is the most valuable asset for a person, a company, or a society seeking to build and progress.

that voice was a deathless song.

The public wants to know why or why not. They don't want to know how you're going to do it.

Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.

I don't drink anymore. That's a huge - that's a massive - difference in my life. It's made a huge change in my touring.

At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country.