“Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”

— Helen Keller, The Open Door (1957)

About Helen Keller

1880 – 1968

American author and activist, deaf and blind from infancy, author of "The Story of My Life".

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.”

“A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.”

“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”

“There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger.”

“Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.”

“The better part of valour is discretion; in the which better part I have saved my life.”

“Each of us lives only now, this brief instant.”

“Life is our dictionary.”

“Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live.”