Helen Keller quotes

Helen Keller (1880-1968) was an extraordinary American author, lecturer, and activist. Despite being deaf and blind since infancy, she overcame her disabilities to become an inspiration to millions worldwide. With the help of her dedicated teacher, Anne Sullivan, Keller learned to communicate through touch, speech, and Braille. Her autobiography, "The Story of My Life," remains a classic, shedding light on her remarkable journey of triumph over adversity. Keller tirelessly advocated for the rights of people with disabilities, championing social and political equality. Her legacy continues to inspire generations, proving that determination and resilience can conquer any obstacle.

You will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles.

- Helen Keller

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

- Helen Keller

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

- Helen Keller

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

- Helen Keller

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

- Helen Keller

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

- Helen Keller

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.

- Helen Keller

When all you can feel are the shadows, turn your face towards the sun.

- Helen Keller

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

- Helen Keller

There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.

- Helen Keller

The struggle of life is one of our greatest blessings. It makes us patient, sensitive, and Godlike. It teaches us that although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

- Helen Keller

The place between your comfort zone and your dream is where life takes place.

- Helen Keller

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

- Helen Keller

Life is short and unpredictable. Eat the dessert first!

- Helen Keller

I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do.

- Helen Keller

Better to be blind and see with your heart, than to have two good eyes and see nothing.

- Helen Keller

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

- Helen Keller

A bend in the road is not the end of the road… Unless you fail to make the turn.

- Helen Keller

Security is mostly a superstition. It 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 outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

- Helen Keller

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.

- Helen Keller

Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.

- Helen Keller

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.

- Helen Keller

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

- Helen Keller

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

- Helen Keller

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

- Helen Keller

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

- Helen Keller

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.

- Helen Keller

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

- Helen Keller

True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

- Helen Keller

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.

- Helen Keller