“We can do anything we want as long as we stick to it long enough.”
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“Never buy a what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“If you want to change behaviors, you have to change motivations.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“All would live long, but none would be old.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source