Michael J. Fox
11 quotes.
Quotes by Michael J. Fox
- Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.
- Do the right thing, and then do the next right thing, and that will lead you to the next right thing after that.
- Don't spend a lot of time imagining the worst-case scenario. It rarely goes down as you imagine it will, and if by some fluke it does, you will have lived it twice.
- Family is not an important thing. It's everything.
- I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
- I can't always control my body the way I want to, and I can't control when I feel good or when I don't. I can control how clear my mind is. And I can control how willing I am to step up if somebody needs me.
- If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.
- If you want to be an agent of change, it starts with you and what you're made of.
- Look at the choices you have, not the choices that have been taken away from you. In them, there are whole worlds of strength and new ways to look at things.
- One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.
- Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.