Helen Keller Quotes
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.
Helen Keller
(Optimism, 1903)
No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
We can do anything we want if we stick to it long enough.
Tyranny cannot defeat the power of ideas.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.
Knowledge is love, light and vision.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
The bulk of the world’s knowledge is an imaginary construction.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
What I am looking for is not out there; it is in me.
Happiness is the final and perfect fruit of obedience to the laws of life.
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.
Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.
Is there anything worse than being blind? Yes, a man with sight and no vision.
A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.
Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.
College isn't the place to go for ideas.
Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought.
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
