A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.
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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One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.
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Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.
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Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience.
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Good friends walk in when the old ones walk out.
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The world is not moved only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
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For one wild, glad moment we snapped the chain that binds us to earth, and joining hands with the winds we felt ourselves divine.
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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.
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If I regarded my life from the point of view of the pessimist, I should be undone.
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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.
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College isn’t the place to go for ideas.
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Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.
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We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world–the company of those who have known suffering.
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It was my teacher’s genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful.
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Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into light.
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Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly.
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