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 KELLERThe unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
More Helen Keller Quotes
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There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.
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I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
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Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.
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It’s wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears
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People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
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The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.
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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.
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Great poetry needs no interpreter other than a responsive heart.
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Be of good cheer. Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.
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While they were saying it couldn’t be done, it was done.
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Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.
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Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.
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Our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.
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I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
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Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.
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