Top 60 Christopher Reeve Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”

— Christopher Reeve

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2. “So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”

— Christopher Reeve

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3. “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.”

— Christopher Reeve

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4. “There is no such thing as can’t.”

— Christopher Reeve

5. “Pain is inevitable. Misery is a choice.”

— Christopher Reeve

6. “Don’t give up. Don’t lose hope. Don’t sell out.”

— Christopher Reeve

7. “You’ve got to give more than you take.”

— Christopher Reeve

8. “Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.”

— Christopher Reeve

9. “I have never been disabled in my dreams.”

— Christopher Reeve

10. “If you don’t have a vision, nothing happens.”

— Christopher Reeve

11. “I refuse to allow a disability to determine how I live my life. There is only one way to go in life and that is forward.”

— Christopher Reeve

12. “Your body is not who you are. The mind and spirit transcend the body.”

— Christopher Reeve

13. “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.”

— Christopher Reeve

14. “In the face of adversity, hope often comes in the form of a friend who reaches out to us.”

— Christopher Reeve

15. “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.”

— Christopher Reeve

16. “What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that’s how I approached the part.”

— Christopher Reeve

17. “Don’t put a limit on what can be accomplished.”

— Christopher Reeve

18. “You should have a dream and absolutely go for it. Don’t let anybody say you can’t do it.”

— Christopher Reeve

19. “Every scientist should remove the word ‘impossible’ from their lexicon.”

— Christopher Reeve

20. “A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.”

— Christopher Reeve

21. “What I do is based on powers we all have inside us; the ability to endure; the ability to love, to carry on, to make the best of what we have – and you don’t have to be a ‘Superman’ to do it.”

— Christopher Reeve

22. “Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.”

— Christopher Reeve

23. “I remember telling a neurosurgeon, “Don’t give me too much information, because at the moment my ignorance is my best asset.””

— Christopher Reeve

24. “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.”

— Christopher Reeve

25. “I get pretty impatient with people who are able-bodied but are somehow paralyzed for other reasons.”

— Christopher Reeve

26. “A hero is an ordinary person doing things in an extra ordinary way.”

— Christopher Reeve

27. “Some people are walking around with full use of their bodies and they’re more paralyzed than I am.”

— Christopher Reeve

28. “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.”

— Christopher Reeve

29. “Even if your body doesn’t work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.”

— Christopher Reeve

30. “What can I do today to take a step forward?”

— Christopher Reeve

31. “You play the hand you’re dealt. I think the game’s worthwhile.”

— Christopher Reeve

32. “Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.”

— Christopher Reeve

33. “You should take some responsibility for the way you present yourself. But you should not be hung up on your looks, whether you are ugly or handsome, because it isn’t an achievement.”

— Christopher Reeve

34. “When we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless.”

— Christopher Reeve

35. “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.”

— Christopher Reeve

36. “To be able to feel the lightest touch really is a gift.”

— Christopher Reeve

37. “Even though I don’t personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching.”

— Christopher Reeve

38. “If I can laugh, I can live.”

— Christopher Reeve

39. “It’s defeatist to harp on what might have been, and yet, it’s hard to resist considering what might have been.”

— Christopher Reeve

40. “America is better when all of us take care of all of us.”

— Christopher Reeve

41. “I am a very lucky guy. I can testify before Congress. I can raise funds. I can raise awareness.”

— Christopher Reeve

42. “When I first began acting, I assumed an intellectual responsibility attached to my profession, which I had accepted for a long time. My father taught me that an actor had to have a social and political conscience, and that the work that he does has to reflect from that.”

— Christopher Reeve

43. “I’m not living the life I thought I would lead, but it does have meaning, purpose. There is love... there is joy... there is laughter.”

— Christopher Reeve

44. “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.”

— Christopher Reeve

45. “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.”

— Christopher Reeve

46. “Having that college-town atmosphere with a live repertory company available was a real gift. I found myself gravitating toward the theater from about the age of nine. I guess it was the environment that got me started.”

— Christopher Reeve

47. “What I didn’t expect was that in this country, home of “Truth, Justice and the American way,” hope would be determined by politics.”

— Christopher Reeve

48. “Timing is very important: words can only have a positive effect on others if and when they are ready to listen.”

— Christopher Reeve

49. “I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I’m beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis.”

— Christopher Reeve

50. “I don’t think actors are to blame for poor writing. The culture changes first, and the theater follows it. In the case of the movies, it’s the same thing.”

— Christopher Reeve