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 on great
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 on great
It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal. Helen Keller on great
Life is either a great adventure or nothing. Helen Keller on great
Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged. Helen Keller on great
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. Helen Keller on happiness
True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Helen Keller on happiness
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 on happiness
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 on happiness
No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it. Helen Keller on happiness
No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right. Helen Keller on happiness
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller on hope
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller on inspirational
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 on inspirational
Knowledge is love and light and vision. Helen Keller on intelligence
Knowledge is love and light and vision. Helen Keller on knowledge
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. Helen Keller on life
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 on life
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. Helen Keller on life
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 on life