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Helen Keller Quotes
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Famous Helen Keller Quotations
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United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months; Anne Sullivan taught her to read and write and speak; Helen Keller graduated from college and went on to champion the cause of blind and deaf people (1880-1968)
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- The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. »
- When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. »
- Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. »
- No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. »
- 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. »
- I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during his early adult life. Darkness would make him appreciate sight silence would teach him the joys of sound. »
- 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. »
- It is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty than to live a long time and be bored all the while. »
- Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. »
- Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the sense shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness. »
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