“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”
— Jim Rohn

“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
— Paulo Coelho

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”
— Stephen R. Covey

“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”
— Buddha

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
— Mahatma Gandhi

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
— Henry Ford

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
— Oscar Wilde

“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.”
— Will Rogers

“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.”
— George Eliot

“Believe in the magic that is within you.”
— Roald Dahl

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
— Lao Tzu

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”
— Vivian Greene

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
— Henry David Thoreau

“We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”
— Ronald Reagan

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
— Steve Jobs

“You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
— Marcus Aurelius

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Confucius

“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.”
— Roy T. Bennett

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”
— Henry David Thoreau

“Dream big and dare to fail.”
— Norman Vaughan

“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.”
— Charles R. Swindoll

“What we think, we become.”
— Buddha

“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.”
— George Addair

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”
— Mary Anne Radmacher

“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”
— Mark Twain

“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.”
— Peter Marshall

“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”
— Napoleon Hill

“Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”
— Joshua J. Marine

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
— Robert F. Kennedy

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.”
— John F. Kennedy

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”
— Christian D. Larson

“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”
— Albert Einstein

“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”
— Albert Einstein

“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.”
— Walter Elliot

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
— Peter Drucker

“Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.”
— Dan Reeves

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.

“Do what you can with all you have, wherever you are.”
— Theodore Roosevelt

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.”
— Walt Whitman

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
— Confucius

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
— C.S. Lewis

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
— William James

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”
— Dalai Lama

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
— Winston Churchill

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.”
— Theodore Roosevelt

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
— Arthur Ashe

Paid employment during high school is the #1 predictor of successful adult employment for students with disabilities.
— NTACT:C

Only 71% of students with disabilities graduate high school, compared to 87% of peers without disabilities.
— NCES

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for ages 10–24.
— CDC

36% of young adults (18–25) experience mental illness annually, the highest of any age group.
— SAMHSA

Accessible transportation remains a top barrier, preventing 6 million Americans yearly from receiving needed care.
— CTAA

60% of youth with disabilities require support navigating adult healthcare, yet only 22% receive formal transition planning.
— Got Transition

Youth with disabilities are more likely to live in poverty (32%) than those without disabilities (16%).
— Census

People with disabilities are 3x more likely to experience food insecurity, affecting health outcomes.
— NIDILRR

Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) now account for more than 62% of Medicaid LTSS spending nationally, up from 18% in 1995.
— CMS

IRIS, Wisconsin’s self-directed care program, now serves more than 20,000 participants, giving them budget authority and hiring rights.
— WI DHS

Wisconsin provides long-term care to over 52,000 through Family Care, shifting away from institutional settings.
— WI DHS

People with disabilities are twice as likely to be unemployed despite equal desire to work.
— BLS

Mobility impairments are the most common disability type, affecting 13.7% of adults.
— CDC

26% of U.S. adults live with a disability—more than cancer, diabetes, and heart disease combined.
— CDC

1 in 5 hospital patients is readmitted within 30 days—a sign of poor discharge planning.
— CMS

33% of older adults forget medication doses weekly, contributing to 125,000 preventable deaths per year.
— USPHS

40% of hospitalizations for adults 65+ are preventable with proactive care and coordination.
— AHRQ

Falls are the leading cause of injury death among older adults—one occurs every second.
— CDC

6 in 10 adults with chronic illness struggle to understand health information, increasing risks for medication errors.
— HHS Health Literacy Report

Family caregivers provide unpaid care valued at over $600 billion annually, more than the entire U.S. Medicaid budget.
— AARP

Only 37% of U.S. adults have completed an Advance Directive, leaving most without documented care wishes.
— JAMA

1 in 4 Americans will be over age 65 by 2050, doubling the demand for long-term services.
— Population Reference Bureau

By 2034, for the first time, older adults will outnumber children in the U.S.
— Census Bureau

93% of adults aged 65+ have at least one chronic condition, and 80% have multiple.
— CDC