Quotes from Helen Keller

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

The most pathetic person in the world is some one who has sight but no vision.

What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, For all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

The highest result of education is tolerance

Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.

People don't like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

Literature is my Utopia

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

Relationships are like Rome -- difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt... that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.

Through my handicaps, I have found my self, my work, my God.

The woman who works for a dollar a day has as much right as any other human being to say what the conditions of her work should be.

My life has been happy because I have had wonderful friends and plenty of interesting work to do.

God himself is not secure, having given man dominion over his work.

Alone we can do so little together we can do so much.

That the sky is brighter than the earth means little unless the earth itself is appreciated and enjoyed. Its beauty loved gives the right to aspire to the radiance of the sunrise and sunset.