Hope and Resilience: Helen keller – Faith in Action
The power of the human spirit.
Despite being deaf and blind from a very young age, Keller’s story is incredibly motivational and inspirational:
Helen Keller was born in 1880 in Alabama, USA, and lost both her sight and hearing due to an illness when she was just 19 months old. Despite her disabilities, Keller refused to be limited by her circumstances. With the help of her teacher, Anne Sullivan, Keller learned to communicate through touch, eventually mastering sign language and Braille.
Through sheer determination and relentless effort, Keller overcame the challenges of her disabilities. She became the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, graduating with honors from Radcliffe College.
Keller didn’t stop there. She became a renowned author, lecturer, and advocate for people with disabilities, traveling the world to inspire others with her message of hope and perseverance.
Her life teaches us that no obstacle is insurmountable with determination and perseverance. Keller’s story encourages us to focus on our abilities rather than our limitations, to embrace challenges as opportunities for growth, and to never lose hope even in the face of adversity. She reminds us that with resilience and courage, we can achieve extraordinary things.
15 Inspirational quotes From Helen Keller
1 – The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart
2 – Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence
3 – Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it
4 – Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
5 – Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow
6 – The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision
7 – I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do
8 – The highest result of education is tolerance
9 – What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us
10 – The struggle of life is one of our greatest blessings. It makes us patient, sensitive, and Godlike. It teaches us that although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it
11 – Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world
12 – 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 which has been opened for us
13 – The only way to keep happy is to love everyone, keep busy, and keep your mind off the trouble
14 – Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing
15 – 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 which has been opened for us
