Helen Keller Quotes
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Truly I have looked in the very heart of darkness and refused to yield to its paralyzing influence, but in spirit I am one of those who walk the morning.
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My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.
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College isn't the place to go for ideas.
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The best things in life are not seen or heard ... but felt with the heart.
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I believe humility is a virtue, but I prefer not to use it unless it is absolutely necessary.
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My optimism is grounded in two worlds, myself and what is about me. I demand that the world be good, and lo, it obeys. I proclaim the world good, and facts range themselves to prove my proclamation overwhelmingly true.
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Life is either a great adventure or nothing.
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The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next. Mere tolerance has given place to a sentiment of brotherhood between sincere men of all denominations.
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Sick or well, blind or seeing, bond or free, we are here for a purpose and however we are situated, we please God better with useful deeds than with many prayers or pious resignation. The temple or church is empty unless the good of life fills it . . . holy if only . . . we offer the only sacrifices ever commanded-the love that is stronger than hate and the faith that overcometh doubt.
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Burn brightly without burning out. Throw your heart over the fense and the rest will follow. Keep your face to the sunshine and you wont see the shadows
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I do not mean to object to a thorough knowledge of the famous works we read. I object only to the interminable comments and bewildering criticisms that teach but one thing: there are as many opinions as there are men.
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When one door closes, another one opens, but sometimes we wait too long looking at the closed door, and never realize that another door has been opened.
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Make the most of every sense; glory in all the facets of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you...
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I feel the flame of eternity in my soul.
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A smile goes a long way, but you must first start it on its journey.
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The danger of having the Constitution twisted and misconstrued to support vested interests and prejudices must be guarded against if American democracy is to maintain a progressive character.
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A child must feel the flush of victory and the heart-sinking of disappointment before he takes with a will to the tasks distasteful to him and resolves to dance his way through a dull routine of textbooks.
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History is a record of the incessant struggle of humanity against ignorance and oppression.
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The million little things that drop into your hands, The small opportunities each day brings, He leaves us free to use or abuse, And goes unchanging along His silent way
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I regard philanthropy as a tragic apology for wrong conditions under which human beings live.
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Friends create the world anew each day. Without their loving care, courage would not suffice to keep heartsstrong for life.
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If I write what my soul thinks it will be visible, and the words will be its body.
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The heart of a friend gives out sufficient light for us in the dark to rise by.
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What a strange life I lead- a kind of Cinderella-life-half glitter in crystal shoes, half mice and cinders! But it is a wonderful life all the same.