Quotes by Helen Keller

“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”

“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”

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

“No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.”

“I am only one, but still I am one. 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.”

“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.”

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

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”

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

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow.”

“So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.”

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

“Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.”

“A mans reputation is what other people think of him; his character is what he really is.”

“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”

“Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.”

“Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.”

“Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.”

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

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