“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
“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.” ~ Helen Keller
“While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.” ~ Helen Keller
“We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.” ~ Helen Keller
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” ~ Helen Keller
“True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” ~ Helen Keller
“The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.” ~ Helen Keller
“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” ~ Helen Keller
“The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.” ~ Helen Keller
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” ~ Helen Keller
“Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!” ~ Helen Keller
“So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.” ~ Helen Keller
“Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.” ~ Helen Keller
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” ~ Helen Keller
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” ~ Helen Keller
“Once I knew only darkness and stillness… my life was without past or future… but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.” ~ Helen Keller
“No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.” ~ Helen Keller
“No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.” ~ Helen Keller
“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” ~ Helen Keller
“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
