We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.Helen Keller
“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.”
“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.”
— HELEN KELLER
Author, activist · 1880 – 1968
American author and activist who, deaf and blind from childhood, became a renowned advocate for disability rights.
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