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

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

—Helen Keller

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

—Helen Keller

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

—Helen Keller

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

—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.

—Helen Keller

There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.

—Woody Allen

There's a great satisfaction in knowing that we've made good use of our days, that we've lived up to our expectations of ourselves.

—Gretchen Rubin in Better Than Before

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

—Henry David Thoreau

Just when it seems like life is getting good, something always has to come along and ruin it.

—Susane Colasanti in So Much Closer

There is no such thing as a good tax.

—Winston Churchill