Helen Keller Motivational Quotes
“When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement ”
“Relationships are like Rome — difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the ‘golden age’, and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt… that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love.”
“Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.”
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”
“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
“Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within”
“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content”
“Literature is my Utopia”
“We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world”
“A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.”
“People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.”
“What I’m looking for is not out there, it is in me.”
“Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all — the apathy of human beings.”
“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”
“Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”
“The highest result of education is tolerance”
“What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, For all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”
“The most pathetic person in the world is some one who has sight but no vision.”
“Be of good cheer. Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.”
“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.”
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
“Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.”
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart”
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
“For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darkness the lamp of faith; deep, deepest thanks that I have another life to look forward to–a life joyous with light and flowers and heavenly song.”
“Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.”
“For, after all, every one who wishes to gain true knowledge must climb the Hill Difficulty alone, and since there is no royal road to the summit, I must zigzag it in my own way. I slip back many times, I fall, I stand still, I run against the edge of hidden obstacles, I lose my temper and find it again and keep it better, I trudge on, I gain a little, I feel encouraged, I get more eager and climb higher and begin to see the widening horizon. Every struggle is a victory. One more effort and I reach the luminous cloud, the blue depths of the sky, the uplands of my desire.”
