Helen Keller on happiness
“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness.”
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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.
Helen KellerHelen Keller I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
Helen KellerHelen Keller
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Leon MarshLeon Marsh You can find beauty in the darkest of places. Be the light, my love. Bring smiles to their faces.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola This fearless heart is trapped between these anxious walls of my worried mind.
CindyCindy Don’t push away your emotions too hard, remember they can push back if held for too long.
SargamSargam To choose a plain life, I choose neither to lose and nor do I gain, If happiness is not in my destiny, I refuse to accept pain.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise Hope is the only thing that keeps us alive. Without hope there can be no you or I.
BelaBela An open mind opens our hearts to have compassion for others.
Elaine HaysElaine Hays
More on happiness
If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy I’m happy when things are just kind of calm.
Lana Del ReyLana Del Rey The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Helen KellerHelen Keller Only a burning patience will lead to the attainment of a splendid happiness.
Pablo NerudaPablo Neruda Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are, it solely relies on what you think.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha I’m happy when things are just kind of calm.
Lana Del ReyLana Del Rey The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi