Helen Keller
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9 quotes we’ve traced to Helen Keller
“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”
Verified“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope”
Verified“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched”
Verified“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us”
Verified“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”
Verified“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”
Attributed“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than alone in the light”
Attributed“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all”
Disputed“When one door of happiness closes, another opens”
DisputedNot actually Helen Keller
Often misattributed to Helen Keller
Famous lines widely pinned on Helen Keller that we’ve traced to someone else.
“Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you find that you have accomplished a purpose”
actually Anne Sullivan
“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do”
actually John Angell James
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow”
actually Unknown (anonymous American saying)
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens”
Anonymous (a saying that predates Helen Keller)
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