“To keep our faces toward change, and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate, is strength undefeatable.”

“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.”

“Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.”

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do.”

“On Power:It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.”

“I had once believed that we were all masters of our fate--that we could mold our lives into any form we pleased... I had overcome deafness and blindness sufficiently to be happy, and I supposed that anyone could come out victorious if he threw himself valiantly into life's struggle. But as I went more and more about the country I learned that I had spoken with assurance on a subject I knew little about... I learned that the power to rise in the world is not within the reach of everyone.”

“No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.”