I have not for a moment in more than eighty-five years felt a spark of resentment against him, because I have always believed...that the good Lord...by this means consecrated me to the work that I am still permitted to do.
Source: Tell Me The Story Of Jesus, a short biography of Fanny Crosby at http://www.intouch.org/myintouch/mighty/portraits/fanny_crosby_213693.html.
-- Fanny Crosby, (Mar 24 1820-1915), US hymn writer; She was blinded at 6 weeks due to improper medical treatment, but wrote over 9,000 hymns during her life.