One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.
HELEN KELLERThe 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.
More Helen Keller Quotes
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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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I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
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While they were saying it couldn’t be done, it was done.
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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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I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.
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I believe that God gave us life for happiness, not misery.
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Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.
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Good friends walk in when the old ones walk out.
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The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.
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Relationships are like Rome – difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the ‘golden age’, and unbearable during the fall.
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Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within.
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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
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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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No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
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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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Our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.
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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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The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
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It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil.
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Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
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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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Literature is my Utopia
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So long as you can sweeten another’s pain, life is not in vain.
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When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
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Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience.
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What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
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