Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.Helen Keller
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”
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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