Quotes by 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 which has been opened for us.

College isn’t the place to go for ideas.

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

Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.

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

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

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

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

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

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

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

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

We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book-friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.