“Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.”
Helen Keller (unverified)
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.
“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)“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
— Helen Keller (verified)“Never give in—never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.”
— Winston Churchill (verified)“Since then I never pay any attention to anything by experts. I calculate everything myself.”
— Richard Feynman (verified)“There is no little enemy.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)