“Be of good cheer. Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.”
Helen Keller (verified)
The Story of My Life (Primary source)
The Story of My Life is Keller’s landmark autobiography detailing her childhood transformation from isolation to communication through Anne Sullivan’s teaching. It chronicles her journey from darkness to intellectual awakening, becoming a classic testament to human potential and perseverance.
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— Helen Keller (verified)“The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. It be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, them it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.”
— Helen Keller (verified)“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
— Helen Keller (verified)“Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think.”
— Ayn Rand (verified)“Money and good manners make the gentleman.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“What is the hardest task in the world? To think.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)