Crosby was never bitter about her disability. At the age of nine she wrote these verses about her condition:

Oh what a happy soul I am,      
Although I cannot see;
I am resolved that in this world
Contented I will be.
How many blessings I enjoy,
That other people don’t;
To weep and sigh because I’m blind,
I cannot, and I won’t.”

Fanny once said, "It seemed intended by the blessed providence of God that I should be blind all my life, and I thank him for the dispensation.  If perfect earthly sight were offered me tomorrow I would not accept it.  I might not have sung hymns to the praise of God if I had been distracted by the beautiful and interesting things about me."

She composed her poems and hymns mentally and then dictated them to someone else.  She was said to work on as many as twelve hymns at once before dictating them all out.

Crosby wrote her first hymn, “There’s a Cry from Macedonia,” in 1863.  Over the years she wrote for many great great composers including William B.Bradbuy, Philip Phillips, Hubert P. Main, Dr. Lowry, Dr. W. H. Doane, Ira D. Sankey, Philip P. Bliss, Mr. W. F. Sherwin, and Phoebe Knapp. Before her death, she had written at least 8,000 hymns.

Fanny Crosby Quotes
Oh, what a happy child I am, although I cannot see! I am resolved that in this world, contented I will be!

Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.

 This is my story, this is my Song/Praising my Savior, all the day long.

 Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?

 Familiar Hymns by Fanny Crosby
“All the Way My Savior Leads Me”

“Blessed Assurance”

“Praise Him, Praise Him”

“Safe in the Arms of Jesus”

“Savior, More than Life to Me”

“Tell Me the Story of Jesus”

“To God be the Glory”

“Open Mine Eyes”

“Will You Come”

“Save me at the Cross:

“I Have a Friend”

“At the Cross There’s Room”