151 ordspråk av Helen Keller
Helen Keller
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
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I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud
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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 breeze among flowers.
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I sometimes wonder if the hand is not more sensitive to the beauties of sculpture than the eye. I should think the wonderful rhythmical flow of lines and curves could be more subtly felt than seen. Be this as it may, I know that I can feel the heart-throbs of the ancient Greeks in their marble gods and goddesses.
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I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God
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I'm not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Ideas without action are worthless.
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If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of human thought
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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.
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It gives me a deep comforting sense that "things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal."
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It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
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It is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty than to live a long time and be bored all the while.
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It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.
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It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.
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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.
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