333 Quotes by Michael J. Fox

Whatever the situation, just take it for what it is. You don’t have to make it worse or better than it is. It just is what it is. Always deal with the honesty, the truth of what something is, and then you’ve got all kinds of choices.

One of the great things about Parkinson’s, in a superficial way, is it relieved me of vanity. I don’t worry about what I look like, because it’s literally out of my hands. But on a deeper level, it gives you a real humility, because you have to deal every day with the fact that you compromise.

I truly believe that we have infinite levels of power that we don’t even know are available to us.

I’ve never gotten up to see something one of my kids wanted to show me and not been rewarded.

I don’t keep up with it all. But Taylor Swift writes songs about everybody she goes out with, right? What a way to build a career.

I might have skipped class, but I didn’t miss any lessons.

I see possibilities in everything. For everything that’s taken away, something of greater value has been given.

The only thing that separates any one of us from excellence is fear and the opposite of fear is faith. I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for, perfection is God’s business.

I mean, I enjoy my work as an actor. But to make a difference in people’s lives through advocacy and through supporting research – that’s the kind of privilege that few people will get, and it’s certainly bigger than being on TV every Thursday for half an hour.