100 Famous Quotes By Hellen Keller, The Author Of The Story Of My Life
Helen Adams Keller was an activist and an author from the United States of America; who is famous for being the first deaf and blind person in the world to have earned a Bachelors’ degree. Born in 1880, she was deaf and blind by birth and since she lived an isolated life; her understanding of language had not developed at all. However, all changed when she came under the tutelage of Anne Sullivan, her teacher, who introduced her to the English language and ensured that she could communicate. Keller was also an activist who, as a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, worked tirelessly for women’s rights, socialism and anti-militarism among others. Her life and times has also been immortalised in the Hollywood film The Miracle Worker which depicted her struggles with learning as a child and eventual triumph. She is without doubt one of the biggest icons in the history of the United States and indeed of the world; which is why it is not a surprise that her birthday on June the 27th is celebrated as ‘Helen Keller Day’ in Pennsylvania. Keller is an inspiration for millions of people all over the world and here are some select quotes which will give you a glimpse into her beautiful mind.
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.
I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.
Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.
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.
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.
The highest result of education is tolerance
People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
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.
What I'm looking for is not out there, it is in me.
We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world
Literature is my Utopia
A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.
Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content
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.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
Life is a succesion of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower - the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence.
So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
