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 that has been opened for us.

Quote by Helen Keller

Topics: Strong Women Quotes

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy...

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy...

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts...

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts...

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in...

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in...

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no...

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no...

Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but...

Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but...

To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of...

To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of...

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall...

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall...

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth...

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth...

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier...

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier...

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no...

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no...

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children...

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children...

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility...

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility...

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must...

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must...

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty...

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty...

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

I'd like to get to the point where I can be just as mediocre as...

I'd like to get to the point where I can be just as mediocre as...