10 Bits of Advice for College Students From Helen Keller

Here are 10 of Helen Keller's quotes to help college students succeed:

1. 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.
2. When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
3. The richness of the human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were not challenges to overcome.
4. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature...Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
5. One can never consent to creep when one has the impulse to soar.
6. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
7. Avoiding danger is not safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.
8. Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
9. No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars,
   or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
10. Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.

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