I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble

Quote by Helen Keller

Topics: Achievement Quotes, Greatness Quotes, Idealism Quotes

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...

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought...

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought...

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...

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would...

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would...

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than...

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than...

Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will...

Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will...

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,...

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.

I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind...

I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind...

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes...

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes...

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...

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for...

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for...

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do...

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do...

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained...

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained...

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at...

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at...

If a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated,...

If a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated,...

No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time,...

No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time,...