Helen Keller Quotes

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 the something that I can do.
I do not want the peace that passes understanding. I want the
understanding which bringeth peace.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief
duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
I really care for nothing in the world but liberty in all the
departments of life - liberty to grow mentally and spiritually,
untrampled by tradition and arbitrary standards.
I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me
sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is
vague, like a breee among flowers.
If we don!t make the most of ourselves, how can we e"pect to be
made much of by others#
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 gives me a deep, comforting sense that !things seen are
temporal and things unseen are eternal.