Helen Keller's famous sayings
Helen Keller's famous sayings
1. Confidence is a state of mind. People with confidence will not become depressed in an instant. . Helen Keller
2. When facing the light, the shadow is behind us. Helen Keller
3. I open a window of opportunity for you. Helen Keller
4. Thousands of little things fall into our hands, and all kinds of small opportunities happen every day. They are left to us to use and abuse freely, but they still go their way silently. The road has not changed at all. Helen Keller
5. As long as you face the sun, you will not see the shadow. Helen Keller
6. Facing the light, the shadow is behind us. Helen Keller
7. For those who are above destiny, confidence is the master of destiny. Helen Keller
8. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched. They can only be felt by the heart. Helen Keller
9. As long as you face the sun, you will not see the shadow. Helen Keller
10. When a person feels a force pushing him to soar, he should not crawl. Helen Keller
11. For those who are above destiny, confidence is the master of life. Helen Keller
12. Sometimes I think how great it would be if people regarded every day of their lives as the last day of their lives! This may show the value of life. Helen Keller
13. Confidence is the master of destiny. Helen Keller
14. Facing the light, the shadow is behind us - Helen Keller Confidence is the master of destiny - Helen Keller Sometimes I think, if people regard every day of their lives as How wonderful it would be if it was the last day of life! This may show the value of life. Helen Keller
15. The will to act increases according to the frequency and firmness of the actions, while brain power increases according to the use of will. This will truly produce faith. Helen Keller
16. If you don’t take bold risks in life, you will gain nothing. Helen Keller
17. Sometimes I think how great it would be if people regarded every day of their lives as the last day of their lives! This might show the value of life. Helen Keller
18. Some people say that knowledge is power. To me, knowledge is happiness. With knowledge, you can distinguish between truth and falsehood, between nobility and insignificance. When you understand the thoughts and behaviors of people in various periods, you will have sympathy and close feelings for human beings who have developed to today. Helen Keller Coleridge famous quotes Cyrus famous quotes Joliot Curie famous quotes Helen Keller famous quotes
1. Love is intangible, but you can feel the sweetness she brings.
2. Treat every day of your life as your last day.
3. Without hope, nothing can be accomplished.
4. Cruel fate blocks the entrance. I will not be willing to question why fate makes such an arbitrary judgment, because my heart has not yet been tamed and is still fanatical; but when the harsh and ruthless words come into my mouth, My tongue did not speak out, but like tears that had not yet fallen, they flowed back into my heart.
5. For those who are above fate, confidence is the master of fate.
6. Darkness will make people cherish light more, and silence will make people love sound more.
7. Firm confidence can enable ordinary people to do amazing things. For those who are above destiny, faith is the master of life. Helen Keller
8. I can feel so much happiness just by touch, so if I could see, how many more beautiful things I would find!
9. Face To the light, the shadow is behind us.
10. Either you take bold risks in life, or you gain nothing. Helen Keller
11. The greatest disaster in life is not the trauma of the past, but giving up the future.
12. The weak wait for opportunities; the strong create opportunities.
13. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched. They can only be felt by the heart.
14. The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they must be felt with the heart.
15. Death is just moving from this room to that room, but I may be different from other people, because I can see things with my eyes in that new room.
16. There is happiness in forgetting oneself. Therefore, I must strive to regard the light in other people's eyes as my sun, the music in other people's ears as my music, and the smile on other people's lips as my happiness.
17. My task is to practice, practice, and practice. Failure and fatigue often trip me up, but the thought of holding on just a little longer so that my loved ones can see my progress gives me courage. Helen Keller
18. Although my body is not free, my heart is free. Let my heart transcend my body and go to the crowd, immersed in joy, and pursue a beautiful life!
19. We are obviously different. Those who can see and those who cannot see are different from each other. It's not that the feeling is different, but the way of using the feeling is different. It's just that the imagination and courage to find wisdom beyond feelings are different.
20. I strive to acquire knowledge in the hope that I can use it in the future and contribute something to society.
21. All the atoms in my body are vibrators. I could guess what was going on every day by the vibrations I felt throughout the house.
22. I use my whole body and mind to feel everything in the world, and I can’t rest for a moment. My life is full of vitality, just like those small insects that live and die quickly, squeezing their whole lives into one day. Life is either a bold adventure or useless.
23. I only look at what I have, not what I don’t have.
24. No matter what environment you are in, you must keep working hard.
25. Use your eyes like you will lose them tomorrow.
26. Confidence is the master of destiny.
27. A new book is like a ship, leading us from a narrow place to the infinite ocean of life. Helen Keller
28. Because in the long dark night of my life, the books I have read and the books others have read to me have become a great beacon of light, revealing to me the human life and the deepest source of the human spirit.
29. Sometimes I think, how great it would be if people regarded every day of their lives as the last day of their lives! This may reveal the value of life.
30. As long as you face the sun, you will not see the shadow.
31. As long as it is something that is truly beneficial to society and something I can do, I will do my best. Introduction to Helen Keller_Chronology of Major Events_
Introduction to Helen Keller_Chronology of Major Events__
Chronology of Major Events in Helen Keller’s Life
Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Ivy Lane, Tuscumbia, Alabama. His father was Army Captain Arthur Henry Keller and his mother was Kate Adams Keller.
February 1882
Helen Keller lost her vision and hearing due to a sudden illness. The cause is unknown.
Summer 1886
The Keller family meets Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. Dr. Bell recommended that Mr. Keller contact Mr. Michael Anagnos, principal of the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston. Captain Keller wrote to Principal Anagnos requesting a tutor for Helen Keller. Principal Anagnos contacted Anne Mansfield Sullivan, an outstanding graduate of the school.
March 3, 1887
Anne Sullivan arrived in Tuscumbia and began teaching American Sign Language to Helen.
April 5, 1887
Anne’s miraculous breakthrough in teaching: As water continued to flow through their hands from Helen’s home pump, Anne was in Helen’s hands. Spelling the word water on her palm: W-A-T-E-R, Helen suddenly understood that everything had a name.
May 1888
Anne, Helen and Helen's mother Kate traveled north, first to visit Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and then to be received by President Grover Cleveland at the White House. Finally, I went to Perkins School for the Blind to visit Principal Anagnos.
Autumn 1889
Anne and Helen came to Perkins School for the Blind again, and Helen became a guest of the school.
November 1891
Helen sent the short story "The Frost King" to Principal Anagnos as a birthday gift. She was accused of plagiarism. In 1894, Principal Anagnos severed ties with Helen and Anne.
1894 1. Month
Helen and Anne come to New York City. Helen attended the Wright-Hermason School for the Deaf.
August 19, 1896
Helen's father, Captain Keller, died.
In the autumn of 1896
Helen became a devout Swedenborgian believer.
October 1896
Helen was admitted to Cambridge Girls' School to prepare for Radcliffe College, a women's college at Harvard University.
December 1897
Helen and Anne left Cambridge School for Girls and moved to Wrentham, Massachusetts. Helen continued to prepare for college preparatory studies with the help of her tutor.
July 4, 1899
Helen received a letter of admission from Radcliffe College.
September 1900
Helen became a freshman in the class of 1900 at Radcliffe College.
August 1903
Helen wrote The Story of My Life with the help of editor John Albert Massey.
Spring 1904
Helen and Anne bought a house on seven acres in Wrentham
.
June 28, 1904
Helen became the first deaf-blind person to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Radcliffe College.
May 3, 1905
Anne and John Albert Massey were married in Wrentham.
July 1908
Helen wrote and published the book "The Magical World I Perceive"
Spring 1909
Helen and John Macy joined the Massachusetts Socialist Party together, and Helen became a suffragette.
January 1913
Helen and Anne began their fifty-year lecture tour. Helen wrote and published "Out of the Dark", a collection of articles full of socialist ideas.
1914
John Albert Massey left Anne, but their divorce was not formalized.
October 1914
Polly Thomson moves into Helen and Anne's home.
November 1916
Peter Fagan, assistant to John Albert Macy, proposed to Helen, and they received their marriage license in Boston. Helen's mother, Kate, forced her daughter to publicly announce she was breaking off the engagement. Helen was sent to Montgomery, Alabama to visit family and friends. Anne and Polly traveled to the village of Lake Placid and Puerto Rico, hoping to benefit Anne's failing health.
October 1917
Helen and Anne sold the Wrentham farm and moved with Polly to the Forest Hills area of ??New York City.
May 1918
Helen's biographical film "Deliverance" (silent) was put into production.
February 1920
Helen and Anne began their stage careers, giving live speeches and answering questions from the audience.
June 1921
Helen's mother Kate died.
1924 1. Month
Helen and Anne begin working for the American Foundation for the Blind.
June 1925
Helen appealed to the International Lions Club, requesting that lions be designated as blind knights.
1927 1. Month
The book "My Faith" was published, telling the story of Swedenborg's thoughts on Helen's faith.
Spring 1929
The book "Midstream" was published, which is an autobiography about Helen's life after graduating from college.
April 1930
Helen, Anne and Polly traveled abroad for the first time and stayed in Scotland, Ireland and England for more than six months.
April 1931
Helen, Anne and Polly attended the first World Congress of the Blind.
August 1931
Helen, Anne and Polly traveled to France and Yugoslavia.
May 1932
Helen, Anne and Polly traveled abroad for the third time, visiting Scotland and England.
August 26, 1932
John Albert Macy died in Pennsylvania.
December 1932
Helen was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Foundation for the Blind.
June 1936
Helen, Anne and Polly traveled to Scotland again.
October 20, 1936
Anne Sullivan Macy died.
November 1936
Helen and Polly traveled abroad again, visiting England,
Scotland and France.
April 1937
Helen and Polly traveled to Japan, Korea and Manchuria.
Spring 1938
The book "The Diary of Helen Keller" was published, which is Helen
's life account from 1936 to 1937.
September 1939
Helen sold her home in Forest Hills, New York City, and moved to Arkham Hills in Westport, Connecticut.
January 1943
Helen began to visit blind, deaf and other disabled veterans in military hospitals across the country. These soldiers were injured in World War II. . She herself called this experience the greatest experience of my life.
October 1946
Helen and Polly made their first trip around the world for the work of the American Overseas Blind Foundation, a sister organization of the American Foundation for the Blind. They visited London, Paris, Italy, Greece and Scotland. Over the next eleven years, they visited thirty-five countries on five continents.
November 1946
Arkham Villa and all its furniture were almost destroyed by a fire.
September 1947
Moved into No. 2 of Arkham Villa, basically maintaining the appearance of the original Arkham Villa.
April to August 1948
Helen and Polly visited Australia and New Zealand as representatives of the American Overseas Blind Foundation. Polly suffered her first stroke upon arrival in Japan and the remainder of her trip was cancelled.
Spring 1950 to Spring 1953
Helen and Polly continued to travel around the world, visiting Europe, South Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
Winter 1958
Helen's biographical documentary "The Invincible" (later renamed "The Life of Helen Keller") was released.
February 1955
Helen and Polly visited the Far East, including India and Japan.
June 1955
Helen received an honorary degree from Harvard University, becoming the first woman to receive this honor.
December 1955
My Teacher, a biography of Anne Sullivan Macy written by Helen, was published.
Spring 1956
"The Invincibles" won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary.
November 1956
Helen reconciled with the Perkins School for the Blind and attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Keller-Massey Center for Blind and Deaf Children.
Winter Solstice 1956 1957
William Gibson's play "The Miracle Worker" was broadcast on television and opened on Broadway, telling the story of Helen's early years living with Anne.
May 1957
Helen and Polly visited Ireland and Scandinavia.
March 21, 1960
Polly Thomson died.
October 1961
Helen suffered her first stroke and retired from public life.
September 1964
President Lyndon Johnson awarded Helen the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor an American civilian can receive. Helen was unable to attend the
ceremony.
June 1, 1968
Helen Keller died in her sleep. More than 1,200 people attended the funeral at the National Cathedral. Helen's ashes were buried together with those of Anne and Polly.