My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

I believe many people feel like God is mad at them. One day I put a post on Facebook that said, ‚God is not mad at you.‘ Within a few hours, we literally had thousands of positive responses from people saying things like, ‚That is exactly what I needed to hear today.‘ Obviously, this is a message we need to hear.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.

I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.

The only way round is through.

Remember this, folks – I am a Hillbilly, and I don’t always Bet the same way I talk. Good advice is one thing, but smart gambling is quite another.

Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

I don’t have any stress. I’m very lucky. I live a very healthy life.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

You are victors, not victims!

Conscious of not being able to separate myself from my time, I have decided to become part of it.

People in tough times – it doesn’t mean they don’t have a great attitude.

You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you’re supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.

I am in touch with a company that hopes to replicate my voice. However, they are not replicating my original voice – if they did that, I would sound like a man in his 20s, which would be very strange! They are actually trying to replicate the synthesizer that sits on my wheelchair.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.

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.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.

See any detour as an opportunity to experience new things.

The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it’s an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we’re facing.

A word to the wise is infuriating.

There are a lot of good women in New York.

I’ve never thought about any kind of prejudice about women in country music because I never felt like it affected me. I was fortunate enough to come about in a time when I didn’t feel that kind of energy at all, and it was always my theory that if you want to play in the same ballgame as the boys, you’ve got to work as hard as them.

I love women with attitude.

If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn’t do anything to you, but since you aren’t wise, you need us who are old.

The most common criticism I get is that I’m being manipulated and you shouldn’t use children in political ways, because that is abuse, and I can’t think for myself and so on. And I think that is so annoying! I’m also allowed to have a say – why shouldn’t I be able to form my own opinion and try to change people’s minds?

‚Born this Way‘ is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.

It’s an endless proving of myself, that I really am a musician, that I have something to offer in the room. That women can be musicians, women can be rock stars, women can be more than an objectified idea of a pop star.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I’ll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.

I’m confident in who I am. I’ve come to a place in my life where I’ve accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That’s just the way I’ve always tried to be. It didn’t change when I became a star.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

You can live your life angry, bitter, mad at somebody or even guilty, not letting go of your own mistakes, but you won’t receive the good things God has in store.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man… It is more powerful than external circumstances.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.

We were poor, but we smiled.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

I am not afraid… I was born to do this.

Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.

I refuse to accept other people’s ideas of happiness for me. As if there’s a ‚one size fits all‘ standard for happiness.

He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.

Growing up, I decided, a long time ago, I wouldn’t accept any manmade differences between human beings, differences made at somebody else’s insistence or someone else’s whim or convenience.

Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I’m going to be my best right now. That’s what faith is all about.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.

I grew up in the east side of Detroit in an area where there was very little, except for a lot of scarcity, poverty and hunger. I never woke up saying, ‚I’m an orphan again today, isn’t this terrible? Poor me.‘