183 "Helen Keller" Quotes And Sayings

Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Helen's father, Henry Edward Keller, was a teacher and preacher. Her mother, Annie Sullivan, was a homemaker who was trained by the American School for the Deaf as a "cane-deaf" teacher. Helen's parents expected her to be an intellectual, but she was also expected to raise the family Read more

At age 3 she developed a severe case of scarlet fever that left her blind and deaf. Her parents had no idea how to care for her and she grew up with an extremely limited vocabulary—she could only say words that were part of her everyday environment. Before she was two years old she learned to talk by imitating the people around her.

She learned at school and by reading books at home and soon learned that reading and writing were very important skills. She had tremendous confidence in herself and grew into a strong-willed young woman who wanted to attend college after she graduated from high school. After attending the Alabama School for the Deaf for three years, she went to New York City to study at Barnard College of Columbia University where she made friends with other students who were educated and inspired her with their ideas about improving their world.

She worked as a tutor and became interested in teaching deaf people to read and write so they could eventually take over jobs normally done by hearing people such as farming or working in factories. She then went on to teach at Gallaudet College in Washington D.C., where she met Anne Sullivan, an English professor who taught speech reading at the college as well as classes for deaf students. Sullivan encouraged Keller's interest in helping deaf people learn to speak by using books and sign language.

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Relationships are like Rome -- difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt... that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love. Helen Keller
Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within
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Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within Helen Keller
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller
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A bend in the road is not the end of the road… Unless you fail to make the turn. Helen Keller
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I...
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Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content Helen Keller
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People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant. Helen Keller
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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 a succesion of lessons which must be lived...
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Life is a succesion of lessons which must be lived to be understood. Helen Keller
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often...
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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
Death is no more than passing from one room into...
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but...
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I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. Helen Keller
We could never learn to be brave and patient if...
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We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world Helen Keller
Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world...
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Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. Helen Keller
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true...
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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
I believe that God is in me as the sun...
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I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower - the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence. Helen Keller
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For, after all, every one who wishes to gain true knowledge must climb the Hill Difficulty alone, and since there is no royal road to the summit, I must zigzag it in my own way. I slip back many times, I fall, I stand still, I run against the edge of hidden obstacles, I lose my temper and find it again and keep it better, I trudge on, I gain a little, I feel encouraged, I get more eager and climb higher and begin to see the widening horizon. Every struggle is a victory. One more effort and I reach the luminous cloud, the blue depths of the sky, the uplands of my desire. . Helen Keller
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The one I felt and still feel most is lack of time. I used to have time to think, to reflect, my mind and I. We would sit together of an evening and listen to the inner melodies of the spirit, which one hears only in leisure moments when the words ofsome loved poet touch a deep, sweet chord in the soul that until then had been silent. But in college there is no time to commune with one's thoughts. One goes to college to learn, it seems, not to think. When one enters the portals of learning, one leaves the dearest pleasures--solitude, books and imagination--outside with the whispering pines. I suppose I ought to find some comfort in the thought that I am laying up treasures for future enjoyment, but I am improvident enough to prefer present joy to hoarding riches against a rainy day. . Helen Keller
What I'm looking for is not out there, it is...
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What I'm looking for is not out there, it is in me. Helen Keller
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Truly I have looked into the very heart of darkness, and refused to yield to its paralyzing influence, but in spirit I am one of those who walk the morning. What if all dark, discouraging moods of the human mind come across my way as thick as the dry leaves of autumn? Other feet have traveled that road before me, and I know the desert leads to god as surely as the green, refreshing fields, and orchards. Helen Keller
Your success and happiness lie in you.
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Your success and happiness lie in you. Helen Keller