Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Helen Keller Quotes
BraveryGrowth Through AdversityPatienceSuffering We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
FutureProgressYouth It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.
CompassionLovePositive ActionPrioritization It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
DirectionFulfillmentGuidancePotentialVision The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.
OvercomingSelf-PityWisdom Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
AchievementDeterminationOvercoming DoubtPossibility While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.
ApathyEvilHumanity We may have found a cure for most evils; but we have found no remedy for the worst of them all, the apathy of human beings.
EssenceGratitudeIdentityMemoryPermanence What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
CommitmentHappinessPurpose True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
Collective EffortContributionHard WorkProgress The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.
PerspectivePurposeVision The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.
CommitmentDeterminationPerseveranceSuccess We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.
Understanding I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
BeautyFeelingHeartIntangible The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
ClarityEmotionMindPerspectiveVision As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
HappinessResilienceSuccess Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
ConnectionHopeLifeTransformation Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.
GrowthPerseveranceResilienceStruggleTriumph Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
AcceptanceBalanceIntellectual GrowthPerseveranceUnderstanding Diversity Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
AmbitionCharacterPerseveranceStrengthSuccess 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.
HopePersonal BestPositive ImpactTransformation When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
CourageFearRiskSafety Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.
ImaginationMemorySensory ExperienceTimeTravel Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.
ContributionEffortPerspectiveValue My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.
AdventureCourageFalse SecurityRisk Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
GrowthJoyOvercoming Adversity The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.