25 Best and Most Inspirational Helen Keller Quotes
Helen Keller (1880-1968) was prolific author, lecturer, and political activist. Where people were mistreated, Helen Keller was an advocate for them. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
She wrote an autobiography - The Story of My Life - that was later adapted into a play and various movies as The Miracle Worker.
After her family was unable to communicate or help Helen, they turned to Anne Sullivan who famously got through to Helen and helped her understand she could reach for more in life.
Her quotes are some of the most insightful and motivational you’ll find anywhere. Here are the best ones.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Though the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.
Never bend your. head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.
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.
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
What I'm looking for is not out there, it is in me.
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.
Life is a succesion of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
So much has been given to me I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied.
I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
The mind is as big as the universe.
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into light.
To keep our faces toward change, and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate, is strength undefeatable.
I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.
The most beautiful world is always entered through imagination.
Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.
Her quotes are some of the most insightful and motivational you’ll find anywhere. Here are the best ones.