“A bend in the road is not the end of the road… Unless you fail to make the turn.”
Helen Keller
This quote is commonly attributed to Helen Keller, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“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 Primary source“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“You had to trust the people you worked with completely or not at all, and you had to make decisions about the trusting.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“It is important to make a dream of life and a dream reality.”
— Marie Curie Disputed“If you know that this life is all that you have, wouldn’t you make the most of it?”
— Ayn Rand Disputed“Money and good manners make the gentleman.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source