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100 Famous Quotes By Hellen Keller, The Author Of The Story Of My Life

Famous As: American Author and First Deaf-Blind Person to Earn a Bachelor of Arts Degree
Born On: June 27, 1880
Died On: June 1, 1968
Born In: Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States
Died At Age: 87

Helen Adams Keller was an activist and an author from the United States of America; who is famous for being the first deaf and blind person in the world to have earned a Bachelors’ degree. Born in 1880, she was deaf and blind by birth and since she lived an isolated life; her understanding of language had not developed at all. However, all changed when she came under the tutelage of Anne Sullivan, her teacher, who introduced her to the English language and ensured that she could communicate. Keller was also an activist who, as a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, worked tirelessly for women’s rights, socialism and anti-militarism among others. Her life and times has also been immortalised in the Hollywood film The Miracle Worker which depicted her struggles with learning as a child and eventual triumph. She is without doubt one of the biggest icons in the history of the United States and indeed of the world; which is why it is not a surprise that her birthday on June the 27th is celebrated as ‘Helen Keller Day’ in Pennsylvania. Keller is an inspiration for millions of people all over the world and here are some select quotes which will give you a glimpse into her beautiful mind.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Helen Keller
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

Helen Keller
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.

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.

Helen Keller
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Helen Keller
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much

Helen Keller
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.

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.

Helen Keller
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

Helen Keller
Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.

Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.

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

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

Helen Keller
What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, For all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, For all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

Helen Keller
Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Helen Keller
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.

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.

Helen Keller
The highest result of education is tolerance

The highest result of education is tolerance

Helen Keller
People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

Helen Keller
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.

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.

Helen Keller
What I'm looking for is not out there, it is in me.

What I'm looking for is not out there, it is in me.

Helen Keller
We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world

We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world

Helen Keller
Literature is my Utopia

Literature is my Utopia

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

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

Helen Keller
Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within

Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within

Helen Keller
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content

Helen Keller
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.

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.

Helen Keller
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

Helen Keller
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement

Helen Keller
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

Helen Keller
Life is a succesion of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Life is a succesion of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Helen Keller
I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower - the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence.

I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower - the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence.

Helen Keller
So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

Helen Keller
Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly.

Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly.

Helen Keller
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.

Helen Keller
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

Helen Keller
Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.

Helen Keller
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.

Helen Keller
We can do anything we want as long as we stick to it long enough.

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

Helen Keller
My friends have made the story of my life.

My friends have made the story of my life.

Helen Keller
Knowledge is love and light and vision.

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

Helen Keller
So much has been given to me I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied.

So much has been given to me I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied.

Helen Keller
College isn't the place to go for ideas.

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

Helen Keller
Your success and happiness lie in you.

Your success and happiness lie in you.

Helen Keller
To keep our faces toward change, and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate, is strength undefeatable.

To keep our faces toward change, and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate, is strength undefeatable.

Helen Keller
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do.

Helen Keller
I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

Helen Keller
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into light.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into light.

Helen Keller
There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.

There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.

Helen Keller
We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world--the company of those who have known suffering.

We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world--the company of those who have known suffering.

Helen Keller
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

Helen Keller
One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.

One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.

Helen Keller
I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.

I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.

Helen Keller
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

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

Helen Keller
While they were saying it couldn't be done, it was done.

While they were saying it couldn't be done, it was done.

Helen Keller
Blindness separates people from things;
deafness separates people from people.

Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people.

Helen Keller
Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each others welfare, social justice can never be attained.

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each others welfare, social justice can never be attained.

Helen Keller
Do not think of todays failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.

Do not think of todays failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.

Helen Keller
There is beauty in everything, even in silence and darkness.

There is beauty in everything, even in silence and darkness.

Helen Keller
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

Helen Keller
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

Helen Keller
As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.

As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.

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

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

Helen Keller
As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so sex with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.

As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so sex with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.

Helen Keller
The infinite wonders of the universe are revealed to us in exact measure as we are capable of receiving them. The keenness of our vision depends not on how much we can see, but on how much we feel.

The infinite wonders of the universe are revealed to us in exact measure as we are capable of receiving them. The keenness of our vision depends not on how much we can see, but on how much we feel.

Helen Keller
I rejoice to live in such a splendidly disturbing time!

I rejoice to live in such a splendidly disturbing time!

Helen Keller
When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain becomes encumbered with a lot of bric-a-brac for which there seems to be little use.

When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain becomes encumbered with a lot of bric-a-brac for which there seems to be little use.

Helen Keller
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.

Helen Keller
The most beautiful world is always entered through imagination.

The most beautiful world is always entered through imagination.

Helen Keller
I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet

I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet

Helen Keller
There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness.

There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness.

Helen Keller
It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears

It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears

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

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

Helen Keller
Great poetry needs no interpreter other than a responsive heart.

Great poetry needs no interpreter other than a responsive heart.

Helen Keller
...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.

...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.

Helen Keller
It is so pleasant to learn about new things. 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.

It is so pleasant to learn about new things. 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.

Helen Keller
If the blind put their hands in God's, they find their way more surely than those who see but have not faith or purpose.

If the blind put their hands in God's, they find their way more surely than those who see but have not faith or purpose.

Helen Keller
Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness.

Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness.

Helen Keller
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security 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 exposure.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security 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 exposure.

Helen Keller
If you can dream it, you can do it.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

Helen Keller
The world is not moved only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

The world is not moved only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

Helen Keller
True friends never apart maybe in distance but never in heart

True friends never apart maybe in distance but never in heart

Helen Keller
To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.

Helen Keller
Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.

Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.

Helen 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.

Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.

Helen Keller
I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.

I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.

Helen Keller
The struggle of life is one of our greatest blessings. It makes us patient, sensitive, and Godlike. It teaches us that although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

The struggle of life is one of our greatest blessings. It makes us patient, sensitive, and Godlike. It teaches us that although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

Helen Keller
Look the world straight in the eye.

Look the world straight in the eye.

Helen Keller
I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.

I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.

Helen Keller
True happines is not attained through self gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose

True happines is not attained through self gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose

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

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

Helen Keller
People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

Helen Keller
Good friends walk in when the old ones walk out.

Good friends walk in when the old ones walk out.

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

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

Helen Keller
Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

Helen Keller
Great poetry, whether written in Greek or in English, needs no other interpreter than a responsive heart.

Great poetry, whether written in Greek or in English, needs no other interpreter than a responsive heart.

Helen Keller
In a word, literature is my utopia.

In a word, literature is my utopia.

Helen Keller
Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

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

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

Helen Keller
For one wild, glad moment we snapped the chain that binds us to earth, and joining hands with the winds we felt ourselves divine.

For one wild, glad moment we snapped the chain that binds us to earth, and joining hands with the winds we felt ourselves divine.

Helen Keller
The mind is as big as the universe.

The mind is as big as the universe.

Helen Keller
One cannot consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

One cannot consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Helen Keller