Helen Keller

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

—Helen Keller in Optimism

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

—Helen Keller in Optimism

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

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

—Helen Keller

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

—Helen Keller

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

—Helen Keller

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

—Helen Keller

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

—Helen Keller

Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

—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.

—Helen Keller

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

—Helen Keller

Getting fired is nature's way to telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place.

—Helen Keller

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

—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.

—Helen Keller

Be entirely tolerant or not at all; follow the good path or the evil one. To stand at the crossroads requires more strength than you possess.

—Helen Keller