Be inspired! Read the quotes by the celebrities and famous people including scientists, judges and inventors who overcame their challenges, and the experts who worked with them to help them succeed.
Never underestimate the potential of people with dyslexia.
In celebrity-dyslexia-quotes you’ll see some of the world’s most successful celebrities, including Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Chris Robshaw, and Maggie Aderin-Pocock, share their experiences and thoughts about dyslexia.
Mohamed Ali Prizefighter
“If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it—then I can achieve it.” Jesse Jackson said this as early as 1983, according to the Associated Press, and Ali used it in his 2004 book.
“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.”
“Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.”
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”
Steve Jobs, Pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
“That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”
“Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works.”
Bill Gates, An American, investor, author, philanthropist, humanitarian, and programmer. Best Known as the principal founder of the Microsoft Corporation
“Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world, if you do so, you are insulting yourself.”
“I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft.”
Henry Winkler, Actor, Fonz on Happy Days, Author of children’s books
‘Learning the lines was so hard I reduced an entire paragraph to a sound, “aaaaay”.
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Kiera Knightly (Actress)
“A lot of it is down to perseverance and, hopefully, you will have parents who will work hard with you, because that’s what mine did. I still have days when reading just won’t work, but most days it will.”
Whoopi Goldberg (Actress)
“Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.”
“If you read to me, I could tell you everything you read.”
Henry Ford Entrepreneur. Founder Ford Motor Co.
“Don’t find fault, find a remedy.”
Warren Buffett (Business magnate, investor, speaker and philanthropist)
“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
Nelson Rockefeller (Businessman, politician, Governor of New York, Vice President)
“For I was one of the “puzzle children” myself—a dyslexic, or “reverse reader”—and I still have a hard time reading today.”
“But after coping with this problem for more than 60 years, I have a message of encouragement for children with learning disabilities—and their parents.”
“Based on my own experience, my message to dyslexic children is this:”
“Don’t accept anyone’s verdict that you are lazy, stupid or retarded”