746 Quotes by Helen Keller

We can decide to let our trials crush us, or we can convert them to new forces of good.

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.

It was my teacher's genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful. It was because she seized the right moment to impart knowledge that made it so pleasant and acceptable to me.

The tragic side of many architectural enterprises is that they destroy natural beauties which are a priceless possession and cannot be replaced.

A child must feel the flush of victory and the heart-sinking of disappointment before he takes with a will to the tasks distasteful to him and resolves to dance his way through a dull routine of textbooks.

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my life. It is this, always to regard as mere impertinences of fate the handicaps which were placed upon my life almost at the beginning. I resolved that they should not crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom, like Aaron's rod, with flowers.

We are never really happy until we try to brighten the lives of others.

My life has been happy because I have had wonderful friends and plenty of interesting work to do,