Helen Keller on bless
“The struggle of life is one of our greatest blessings. It makes us patient, sensitive, and Godlike. It teaches us that although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”
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The most beautiful world is always entered through imagination.
Helen KellerHelen Keller College isn’t the place to go for ideas.
Helen KellerHelen Keller One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.
Helen KellerHelen Keller So long as you can sweeten another’s pain, life is not in vain.
Helen KellerHelen Keller Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.
Helen KellerHelen Keller Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.
Helen KellerHelen Keller Believe, when you are most unhappy, that 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 KellerHelen Keller Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.
Helen KellerHelen Keller Good friends walk in when the old ones walk out.
Helen KellerHelen Keller Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.
Helen KellerHelen Keller Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Helen KellerHelen Keller Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.
Helen KellerHelen Keller What I’m looking for is not out there, it is in me.
Helen KellerHelen Keller It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil.
Helen KellerHelen Keller I rejoice to live in such a splendidly disturbing time!
Helen KellerHelen Keller While they were saying it couldn’t be done, it was done.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
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Know that every breath is a miracle and every moment a blessing and you will achieve your dreams.
Ludwig von MisesLudwig von Mises How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
Timothy KellerTimothy Keller By assigning our women to do visiting teaching, we give them the opportunity to develop the pure love of Christ, which can be the greatest blessing of their lives.
Barbara W. WinderBarbara W. Winder Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty – it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it.
George EliotGeorge Eliot I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
William CowperWilliam Cowper A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
George JonesGeorge Jones So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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