20 quotes
"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."
- Michael J. Fox
Awareness
"One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered."
- Michael J. Fox
Integrity
"Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone's watching or not."
- Michael J. Fox
Integrity
"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God’s business."
- Michael J. Fox
Success
"One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered."
- Michael J. Fox
Self-esteem
"I often say now I don’t have any choice whether or not I have Parkinson’s, but surrounding that non-choice is a million other choices that I can make."
- Michael J. Fox
Empowerment
"I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it."
- Michael J. Fox
Empowerment
"There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums."
- Michael J. Fox
Learning from Mistakes
"One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered."
- Michael J. Fox
Determination
"Family is not an important thing, it's everything."
- Michael J. Fox
Family
"La familia no es algo importante. Lo es todo."
- Michael J. Fox
Family
"Family is not an important thing. It’s everything."
- Michael J. Fox
Family
"Family is not an important thing, it’s everything."
- Michael J. Fox
Family
"Family is not an important thing. It's everything."
- Michael J. Fox
Family
""Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.""
- Michael J. Fox
Family
"Family is not an important thing. It6s everything."
- Michael J. Fox
Family
"Family is not an important thing. It’s everything. – Michael J. Fox"
- Michael J. Fox
Family
"Gratitude makes optimism sustainable. If you’re grateful for the opportunities you have, for what you’ve been given to do work-wise, for the opportunities that exist, you’re optimistic. If you can just find those moments, I always feel that if you flip the coin 100 times, you're going to come up heads 51."
- Michael J. Fox
Gratitude
"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."
- Michael J. Fox
Adaptation
"Dealing with it is the operative word. I found myself at seven years not battling it. Not struggling with it. Not suffering from it. Not breaking under the burden of it, but dealing with it."
- Michael J. Fox
Adaptation