Quotes by Helen Keller

About Helen Keller:

Helen Adams Keller is now a museum and sponsors an annual "Helen Keller Day". Her birthday on June 27 is commemorated as Helen Keller Day in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and was authorized at the federal level by presidential proclamation by President Jimmy Carter in 1980, the 100th anniversary of her birth.
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College isn't the place to go for ideas.

Helen Keller

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.

Helen Keller

It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.

Helen Keller

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

Helen Keller

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched- they must be felt with the heart.

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It is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty than to live a long time and be bored all the while.

Helen Keller

Believe. No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted island, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

Helen Keller

Many scholars forget, it seems to me, that our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding. The trouble is that very few of their laborious explanations stick in the memory. The m...

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A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

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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.

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What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

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The most pathetic person in the world is some one who has sight but no vision.

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I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.

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My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges.

Helen Keller

Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within

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Your success and happiness lie in you.

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The bulk of the world's knowledge is an imaginary construction.

Helen Keller

La vie est une aventure audacieuse ou alors elle n'est rien.

Helen Keller

I am only one, but still I am one.I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

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

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I who am blind can give one hint to those who see: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. And the same method can be applied to the other senses. Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of an orchestra, as ...

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Author Bio

  • NameHelen Keller
  • DescriptionAmerican author, political activist, and lecturer
  • AliasesHelen Adams Keller
  • BornJune 27, 1880
  • DiedJune 1, 1968
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Orator; Essayist; Activist; Suffrage Activist (female)
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom; National Women's Hall Of Fame