746 Quotes by Helen Keller

During the first nineteen months of my life I had caught glimpses of broad, green fields, a luminous sky, trees and flowers which the darkness that followed could not wholly blot out. If we have once seen, "the day is ours, and what the day has shown."

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

I have never believed that my limitations were in any sense punishments or accidents. If I had held such a view, I could never have expected the strength to overcome them.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.

We should respect all people.

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

Only in quietness do we possess our own minds and discover the resources of the Inner Life.

The things you do today that you don't have to do will determine who, what, and where you will be when it is too late to do anything about the things you should have done.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.