Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

Quote by Helen Keller

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While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow

Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow

Why not learn to enjoy the little things -- there are so many of them.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things -- there are so many of them.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we...

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we...

It is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty...

It is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty...

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...

As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens...

As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens...

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...

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are...

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are...

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and...

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and...

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched....

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched....

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we...

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we...

Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well...

Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well...

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...

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land,...

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land,...

I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work,...

I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work,...

I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is...

I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is...

Infinity has its limits.

Infinity has its limits.

I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.

I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.