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Helen Keller

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Helen Keller (1880–1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, and political activist who, despite being deaf and blind from the age of 19 months, became the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Her life story — and her partnership with teacher Anne Sullivan — became a global symbol of the power of perseverance.

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

— Helen Keller

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All Quotes by Helen Keller

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

— Helen Keller

Happiness

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

— Helen Keller

Alone

“Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!”

— Helen Keller

War

“Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.”

— Helen Keller

Great

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

— Helen Keller

Experience

“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.”

— Helen Keller

Happiness

“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.”

— Helen Keller

Great

“No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.”

— Helen Keller

Happiness

“What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.”

— Helen Keller

Teacher

“I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.”

— Helen Keller

Peace

“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.”

— Helen Keller

Science

“We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.”

— Helen Keller

Patience

“So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.”

— Helen Keller

Friendship

“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.”

— Helen Keller

Happiness

“True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”

— Helen Keller

Happiness

“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”

— Helen Keller

Alone

“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.”

— Helen Keller

Experience

“Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.”

— Helen Keller

Business

“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.”

— Helen Keller

Sad

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”

— Helen Keller

Faith