Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

Quote by Helen Keller

Topics: Mankind Quotes, Optimism Quotes

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...

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

Doing your best means never stop trying.

Doing your best means never stop trying.

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels...

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels...

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...

A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking...

A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking...

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.

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...

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!

Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

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...

What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.

What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.

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...

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...

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still...

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still...

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

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.

Im sure now that grieving and healing are the same thing sometimes, and magic and...

Im sure now that grieving and healing are the same thing sometimes, and magic and...

Times when life lives us are ever richer than when we live it. Life only...

Times when life lives us are ever richer than when we live it. Life only...