Christopher Reeve Quotes
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The character is a piece of fiction. You are yourself, however, and that makes you interesting, because you're alive and you're a human being.
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The key to success is letting the relationships in your life grow to the highest levels they possibly can . . . not putting yourself first in life and remembering that the more you give away, the more you have.
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Living a life with meaning means spreading the word. Even if you can't move, you can have a powerful effect with what you say.
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In the second half of the 20th century, people are becoming more limited: Vocabularies are smaller, thoughts are smaller, aspirations are smaller, everything is very scaled down. Everyone is typecast.
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On the wall of his rehabilitation room was a picture of the space shuttle blasting off, autographed by every astronaut now at NASA. On top of the picture it says, "We found nothing is impossible." That should be our motto.
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Maybe one way I am original is that at heart I really am a classical actor. I haven't had my chance yet in the commercial world to show that. Movies aren't really made about classical people so much any more.
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I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college.
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Success is not about money and power. Real success is about relationships. There's no point in making $50 million a year if your teenager thinks you're a jerk and you spend no time with your wife.
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I have no bones to pick and no fight with society. And I'm willing to be and interested in being in the mainstream of society.
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My father is an intellectual and physical man, which is a rather unusual combination. He's great. As he brought up me and my brothers and sisters, he ingrained in us that your appearance is not your responsibility, other than that you should not be a slob.
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If we don't dream of the possible, the possible never happens.
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I have never been disabled in my dreams.
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I remember telling a neurosurgeon, "Don't give me too much information, because at the moment my ignorance is my best asset."
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I've still never had a dream that I'm disabled. Never.
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Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.
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I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don't know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.
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All the scientists who are working on solving the problem of curing paralysis say that it won't do you any good if you don't keep your body in shape.
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If you don't have a vision, nothing happens.
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I'm starting a new chapter in my [[life], and you have no idea how much that means.
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You should have a dream and absolutely go for it. Don't let anybody say you can't do it.
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It's important to me to say what I really mean.
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You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile.
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We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them.
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Some people are walking around with full use of their bodies and they're more paralyzed than I am.
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I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken.
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So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.
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We all have many more abilities and internal resources than we know. My advice is that you don't need to break your neck to find out about them.
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You learn the stuff of your life (sports, movies, traveling) ... that's not the essence of your existence, my relationships were always good. Now they have transcended (rise beyond).
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Your body is not who you are. The mind and spirit transcend the body.
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there is a relationship between the mind and the body that can both create a physical condition and enable us to recover from it
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