Helen Adams Keller called as Helen Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and hearing after a bout of illness at the age of nineteen months. Here are some of the motivational Helen Keller quotes.
Short Biography of Helen Keller
She was an American writer, political activist, lecturer, and the first deaf-blind person to earn an art degree. An unknown illness took her sight and hearing when she was just 19 months old, but Keller became the first deaf-blind person to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan became widely known thanks to her autobiography, The Story of My Life and the Miracle Worker, her stage adaptation and adaptation.
Despite her blindness and deafness, Helen Keller was able to overcome her shortcomings and become one of the leading humanitarians, writers and speakers of the 20th century. Helen Adams Keller became one of the most inspiring figures in 20th century America. Helen Keller’s teacher, Anne Sullivan, was named the “Miracle Worker” for helping Helen overcome deafness and blindness. Keller graduated from Radcliffe College in 1904, becoming the first blind and deaf person to graduate.
After World War II, Helen Keller traveled the world, meeting important leaders such as Winston Churchill, Jawaharlal Nehru, Golda Meir and others. In 1948, General Douglas MacArthur invited her to Japan to speak for the blind and disabled Japanese. Helen Keller believed that people can achieve anything if they stick to it long enough. He was an inspirational example of how determination and hard work can help anyone overcome life’s worst obstacles.
We would never learn to be courageous and patient if there was only joy in the world. Keller believed that we must have a great direction and vision for ourselves. Keller believed that if you really want to be happy and live an interesting life, you have to pursue your dreams, which by default might be unrealistic, otherwise it wouldn’t be a dream. He believed that everything great that has ever been created should be different and defy chance. which makes it unrealistic and unusual.
Before we get into the best quotes by Helen Keller, let’s take a look at some of the life lessons we can learn from her. Keller has been an inspiration to millions of people around the world, and here are some carefully selected quotes that will give you an idea of her great mind. No doubt, among his voluminous essays, documents, letters, essays and speeches, the reader can find countless quotes that motivate and inspire.
Helen Keller famous quotes
1.“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.”
2.“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
3.“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart”
4.“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”
5.“Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.”
6.“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
7.“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”
8.“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”
9.“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.”
10.“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.”
11.“Be of good cheer. Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.”
12.“The most pathetic person in the world is some one who has sight but no vision.”
13.“What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, For all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”
14.“The highest result of education is tolerance”
15.“Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”
16.“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.”
17.“Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all — the apathy of human beings.”
18.“People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.”
19.“What I’m looking for is not out there, it is in me.”
20.“A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.”
21.“Literature is my Utopia”
22.“We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world”
23.“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content”
24.“Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within”
25.“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.”
26.“Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.”
27.“Relationships are like Rome — difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the ‘golden age’, and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt… that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love.”
28.“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement ”
29.“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.”
30.“When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”