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| Collection of Inspiring Quotes by Hellen Keller |
Helen Adams Keller was an America author, lecturer, and political activist born on June 27th, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, US, who is remembered as the first blind-deaf person to receive a bachelor’s degree. Her birthday is commemorated in the US state of Pennsylvania as Hellen Keller Day. She was outspoken and well traveled, and she was also a member of industrial workers of the World and the Socialist Party of America.
Keller was an active campaigner for antimilitarism, labor rights, women’s suffrage, socialism, and many other similar causes. In 1971 she was inducted into the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame, while in 2015 she was one among the 12 to be inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. Keller became a testimony to the world that deaf-blind people are capable of learning to communicate and could do things the hearing people could do. Keller is an idol to many people around the world both deaf and the blind.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. - Hellen Keller
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. - Hellen Keller
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. - Hellen Keller
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. - Hellen Keller
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. - Hellen Keller
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. - Hellen Keller
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. - Hellen Keller
Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same. - Hellen Keller
Life is either a great adventure or nothing. - Hellen Keller
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. - Hellen Keller
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. - Hellen Keller
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. - Hellen Keller
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. - Hellen Keller
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. - Hellen Keller
True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. - Hellen Keller
