Alone we can do so little
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
Helen Keller (1880-1968), disability rights advocate, the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree
Helen Keller
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them
“Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach your patience, sweetness, insight.”
Helen Keller (1880-1968), disability rights advocate, the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree
Effort that we make to attain something beautiful
“Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.”
Helen Keller (1880-1968), disability rights advocate, the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree
When you are most unhappy
“Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world.”
Helen Keller (1880-1968), disability rights advocate, the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree
A character cannot be developed in ease and quiet
“A 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 (1880-1968), disability rights advocate, the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree
Things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal
“It gives me a deep comforting sense that things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal.”
Helen Keller (1880-1968), disability rights advocate, the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree
The best and most beautiful things in the world
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched – but are felt in the heart.”
Helen Keller (1880-1968), disability rights advocate, the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree
Security is mostly a superstition
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.”
Helen Keller (1880-1968), disability rights advocate, the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree
The sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare
“Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained.”
Helen Keller (1880-1968), disability rights advocate, the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree
When one door of happiness closes
“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 which has been opened for us.”
Helen Keller (1880-1968), disability rights advocate, the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree