Helen Keller "The Miracle Worker"
Quotes by Helen Keller
{It's truly an honor and treasure to
be able to know "Helen Keller's
Story" and her quotes.
She had a lot of life difficulties, pain,
and trials. She also had joy, victorious
moments, and successes.}
1) The only thing worse than being
blind is having sight but no vision.
Never bend your head, always
hold it high, look the world
straight in the eye.
2) 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.
3) To Keep on trying in spite of
disappointment and failure is the
only way to keep young and
brave. Failures become victories
if they make us wise-hearted.
4)The best and most beautiful things in
the world cannot be seen or even
touched-- they must be felt with the
heart.
5) Alone we can do so little; together we
can to so much.
6) Life is either a daring adventure or
nothing at all.
7) What I'm looking for is not out there,
it is in me."
8) Character cannot be
developed in ease and quiet.
Only through experience of
trail and suffering can the
soul be strengthened, vision
cleared, ambition inspired,
and success achieved.
9) Keep your face to the sun
and you will never see the
shadows. It's what
the sunflowers do.
10) 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.
11) What we once enjoyed and
deeply loved we can never
lose, for all that we love
deeply becomes a part of us.
12) The highest result of
education is tolerance.
13) 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.
14) A bend in the road is not
the end of the road...Unless you
fail to make the turn.
15) We could never learn to be
brave and patient if there
were only joy in the world.
16) Everything has its wonders,
even darkness and silence,
and I learn, whatever state I
may be in, therein to be
content.
17) Happiness does not come
from without, it comes from
within.
18) 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.
19) Face your deficiencies and
acknowledge them; but do
not let them master you, Let
them teach you patience,
sweetness, insight.
20) Optimism is the faith that
leads to achievement.
Optimism: hopefulness and confidence
about the future or the successful outcome
of something
21) When we do the best that
we can, we never know
what miracle is wrought in
our life, or in the life of
another.
wrought: molded, shaped
22) For three things I thank God
every day of my life; thanks
that he has vouchsafed me
knowledge of his works;
deep thanks that he has set
in my darkness the lamp of
faith; deep, deepest thanks
that I have another life to
look forward to--a life
joyous with light and
flowers and heavenly song.
23) For, after all, everyone who
wishes to gain true
knowledge must climb the
Hill Difficulty alone, and
since there is no royal road
to the summit, I must zigzag
it in my own way. I slip back
many times, I fall, I stand
still, I run against the edge
of hidden obstacles, I lose
my temper and find it again
and keep it better, I trudge on.
I gain a little, I feel
encouraged, I get more
eager and climb higher and
begin to see the widening
horizon. Every struggle is a
victory. One more effort and
I reach the luminous cloud,
the blue depths of the sky,
the uplands of my desire.
24) I believe that God is in me
as the sun is in the color
and fragrance of a flower--
the Light in my darkness,
the Voice in my silence.
25) So long as you can sweeten another's
pain, life is not in vain.
26) Life is a succession of lessons
which must be lived to be
understood.
27) Four things to learn in life;
To think clearly without
hurry or confusion; To love
everything with the highest
motives; To trust
God unhesitatingly.
28) Self-pity is our worst enemy
and if we yield to it, we can
never do anything good in
the world.
29) Knowledge is love and light
and vision.
30) No pessimist ever
discovered the secret of the
stars or sailed an uncharted
land, or opened a new
doorway for the human
spirit.
pessimist: A person who tends to see
the worst aspect of things or believe
that the worst will happen
31) We bereaved are not alone,
We belong to the largest
company in all the world--
the company of those who
have known suffering.
Bereaved: Deprived of a close relation
or friend through their death
32) The unselfish effort to bring
cheer to others will be the
beginning of a happier life
for ourselves.
33) So much has been given to
me I have not time to
ponder over that which has
been denied.
34) We can do anything we
want as long as we stick to it
long enough.
35) Your success and happiness
lie in you.
36) There are no shortcuts to
any place worth going.
37) I do not want the peace
which passes
understanding, I want the
understanding which
brings peace.
38) Faith is the strength by
which a shattered world
shall emerge into light.
39) One painful duty fulfilled
makes the next plainer and
easier.
40) I began my studies with
eagerness. Before me I saw
a new world opening in
beauty and light, and I felt
within me the capacity to
know all things. In the
wonderland of Mind I
should be as free as another
{with sight and hearing}. It's
people, scenery, manners,
joys, and tragedies should
be living tangible
interpreters (inventors) of the real
world. The lecture halls
seemed filled with the spirit
of the great and wise, and I
thought the professors were
the embodiment of
wisdom... But I soon
discovered that college was
not quite the romantic
lyceum I had imagined.
lyceum: a hall for public
lectures or discussions:
an association providing
public lectures, concerts,
and entertainments.
Many of the dreams that had
delighted my young
inexperience became
beautifully less and "faded
into the light of common
day." Gradually I began to
find that there were
disadvantages in going to
college. The one I felt and
still feel most is lack of time.
I used to have time to think,
to reflect, my mind and I.
We would sit together of an
evening and listen to the
inner melodies of the spirit,
which one hears only in
leisure moments when the
words of some loved poet
touch a deep, sweet chord in
the soul that until then had
been silent. But in college
there is no time to commune
with one's thoughts. One
goes to college to learn, it
seems, not to think. When
one enters the portals of
learning, one leaves the
dearest pleasures--solitude,
books and imagination--
outside with the whispering
pines. i suppose I ought to
find some comfort in the
thought that I am laying up
treasures for future
enjoyment, but I am
improvident enough to
prefer present joy to
hoarding riches against
a rainy day.
Improvident: Not having or showing
foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless
note: This quote is not putting down
college, rather it's reminding us not
to lose ourselves along the way.
This also includes our jobs, work-duties
at our homes and offices. We can also
lose ourselves and miss out on those
around us in our own hobbies.}
41) I wonder what becomes of
lost opportunities? Perhaps
our guardian angel gathers
them up as we drop them,
and will give them back to
us in the beautiful sometime
when we have grown wiser,
and learned how to use
them rightly.
42) Blindness separates people
from things;
deafness separates people
from people.
43) There is no better way to
thank God for your sight
than by giving a helping
hand to someone in the
dark.
note: This can be in someone's
loneliness or in physical pain.
44) I cried because I had no
shoes until I met a man who
had no feet.
45) It is wonderful how much
time good people spend
fighting the devil. If they
would only expand the same
amount of energy
loving their fellow men, the
devil would die in his own
tracks of ennui.
ennui: dissatisfaction
Note: Helen Kellers first word she said
was "water."
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Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880,
Tuscumbia Alabama, U.S --- died Jun1, 1968,
Westport, Connecticut.
She was an American author and educator
who was blind and deaf. her education and
training represent an extraordinary
accomplishment in the
education of persons with these disabilities.
She became deafblind at the age of 19 months.
Keller became very ill with a high fever, leaving
her totally deaf and blind. Doctors at that time
diagnosed it as "brain fever."
Experts today believe she suffered
from scarlet fever or meningitis.
