Quotes from Helen Keller

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light."-Helen Keller Quote Read: 6/22/18

I am content that others should be wiser than I.

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

I smelt the violets in her hand and asked, half in words, half in signs, a question which meant, "Is love the sweetness of flowers?" "No," said my teacher.

Every day I find how little I know, but I do not feel discouraged since God has given me an eternity in which to learn more.

I think I have shown in my daily life that my feet are on the earth while the tips of my thoughts touch the stars.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

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.

The few who profit from the labor of the masses want to organize the workers into an army which will protect the interests of the capitalists.

I do not like the world as it is; so I am trying to make it a little more as I want it.

I, for one, love strength, daring, fortitude. I do not want people to kill the fight in them; I want them to fight for right things.

You will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.

The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

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 towards our distant goal.

I believe that life is given us so that we may grow in love, and I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the color and fragrance of a flower.

True happiness ... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Discouraged not by difficulties without, or the anguish of ages within, the heart listens to a secret voice that whispers: "Be not dismayed; in the future lies the Promised Land."

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.

I never fight, except against difficulties.

[Tolerance] is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.

I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud.

I believe war is the inevitable fruit of our economic system.

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