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Helen Keller Quotes



Quotes by Helen Keller - (26 quotes)

Helen Keller - From the Accomplishment category:

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Adventure category:

Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Ambition category:

One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Brother/Sisterhood category:

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Character category:

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Confidence category:

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Danger category:

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Immortality category:

I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Insecurity category:

Security 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 exposure. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Journey category:

A smile goes a long way, but you must start it on its journey. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Joy category:

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Life category:

The place between your comfort zone and your dream is where life takes place. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Light category:

Keep your face to the sunshine and you will not see the shadows. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Miracles category:

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Optimism category:

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Optimism category:

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Peace category:

I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Persistence category:

We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Production category:

I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Purpose category:

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. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Sadness category:

Believe, when you are most unhappy, there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Seeing category:

I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a man-made world. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Senses category:

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Skill category:

As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Suffering category:

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. (Helen Keller)

Helen Keller - From the Wonder category:

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. (Helen Keller)