Helen Keller

"The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision."

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

"Silver is purified in fire and so are we.' It is in the most trying times that our real character is shaped and revealed."

"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."

"Optimism is faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."