"I can see, and that is why I can be so happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden."

"So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it."

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."

"I will not shut myself up in a dark room to brood over my limitations. I will use the gifts I have, and I will be grateful."

"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my own ship."