Having reached the top he retained those characteristics of modesty and humility in victory which endeared him to us all and brought him respect from his greatest rivals,


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Smell is a potent wizard that transports us across thousands of miles and all the years we have live...
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As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens th...
HELEN KELLER
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
HELEN KELLER
If you rest, you rust.
HELEN HAYES
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes ...
HELEN KELLER
A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of...
HELEN ROWLAND
Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts and his higher nature -- ...
HELEN ROWLAND
One man's folly is often another man's wife.
HELEN ROWLAND
Museums and art stores are also sources of pleasure and inspiration. Doubtless it will seem strange ...
HELEN KELLER
I have often been asked, Do not people bore you? I do not understand quite what that means. I suppos...
HELEN KELLER
Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.
HELEN KELLER
We may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the...
HELEN KELLER
I used to store my anger and it affected my play. Now I get it out. I'm never rude to my playing par...
HELEN ALFREDSSON
Don't waste time trying to break a man's heart; be satisfied if you can just manage to chip it in a ...
HELEN ROWLAND
In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice which is still very much practiced.
HELEN ROWLAND
There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king am...
HELEN KELLER
God himself is not secure, having given man dominion over his work.
HELEN KELLER
When a man makes a woman his wife, it's the highest compliment he can pay her, and it's usually the ...
HELEN ROWLAND
No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.
HELEN ROWLAND
If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she can't...
HELEN LAWRENSON
Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows
HELEN NIELSEN
The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.
HELEN KELLER
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and becaus...
HELEN KELLER
Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow
HELEN KELLER
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free s...
HELEN KELLER
I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
HELEN KELLER
If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin o...
HELEN KELLER
The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the he...
HELEN KELLER
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often ...
HELEN KELLER
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature or do the children o...
HELEN KELLER
I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God
HELEN KELLER
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a who...
HELEN KELLER
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
HELEN KELLER
Good bankers, like good tea, can only be appreciated when they are in hot water.
HELEN KELLER
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
HELEN KELLER
Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all--...
HELEN KELLER
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can ...
HELEN KELLER
When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they "don't understand" one another, b...
HELEN ROWLAND