Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Quote by Helen Keller

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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

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

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

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

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...

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...

I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.

I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.

There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract but not for the concrete.

There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract but not for the concrete.

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the...

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the...

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

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 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...

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...

Literature is my utopia

Literature is my utopia

The highest result of education is tolerance.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

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...

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

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...

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...

Everything I've accomplished I've accomplished through the grace of God and pure stubbornness

Everything I've accomplished I've accomplished through the grace of God and pure stubbornness

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...