Special Needs

Encouragement for Special Need Moms

I love quotes and I found these quotes online and wanted to share them as an encouragement to my friends who are living the special needs journey too.

“You’ve developed the strength of a draft horse while holding onto the delicacy of a daffodil … you are the mother, advocate and protector of a child with a disability.” ~ Lori Borgman

I thank God for my handicaps, for through them I have found myself, my work and my God.”  ~ Helen Keller

“I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”  ~ Christopher Reeve

“I was slightly brain damaged at birth, and I want people like me to see that they shouldn’t let a disability get in the way. I want to raise awareness – I want to turn my disability into ability.”  ~ Susan Boyle

“The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears.”                ~ Ellen Goodman

 “Perseverance is not a long race. It is many short races one after another.”  ~ W. Elliot

“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish He didn’t trust me with so much.” ~ Mother Teresa

“Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you’re needed by someone.”     ~ Martina Navratilova

“Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength.” ~  Christopher Reeves

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for;                           perfection is God’s business.”  ~ Michael J. Fox

“I choose not to place “DIS”, in my ability.”  ~ Robert M. Hensel

“Courage is being scared to death – and saddling up anyway!” ~ John Wayne

“Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn’t mean he lacks vision.” ~  Stevie Wonder

“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see further.” ~  Thomas Carlyle

 “What lies behind us & what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”    ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Children remind us to treasure the smallest of gifts, even in the most difficult times.”                          ~ Allen Klein

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Published by Lisa Plett

Wife, mother, special needs mom, adoptive mom, daughter, sister and follower of Jesus.

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