“No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.”
Helen Keller (verified)
Optimism (Primary source)
Optimism presents Keller’s philosophy that despite her deafness and blindness, true happiness comes from inner faith rather than material circumstances. She argues optimism enables achievement and is essential for human progress and personal fulfillment.
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
— Helen Keller (verified)“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.”
— 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)“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 (verified)“Of course, when you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.”
— Winston Churchill (verified)“The right investment is in tools of your trade.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies, than the fool from his friends.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“My God what would a man do with a woman like that except worship her?”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)