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.

Helen Keller · A journal entry of December 10, 1936, written while she was mourning her teacher Anne Sullivan.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.

Helen Keller · Her answer on the vaudeville circuit in the early 1920s when an audience member asked whether she wanted her sight more than anything else in the world.

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

Helen Keller · From her early essay Optimism; often quoted with "and confidence" added, which is not in the text.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Helen Keller · Written late in life by a woman who was deaf and blind from the age of nineteen months.

More Happiness Quotes

I'm the king of the world!

Jack Dawson · Leonardo DiCaprio's artist in Titanic (1997) · Jack whooping to his friend Fabrizio from the bow of the ship as it leaves port; James Cameron repeated the line on stage when he won the Best Director Oscar in 1998.

You are happy, they say; therefore you are called upon to give much.

Albert Schweitzer · From his philosophy of civilization, written in Africa during the First World War; his answer to anyone who thinks happiness is for keeping.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi · Shared everywhere under Gandhi's name, but no speech or writing of his with these words has been found.

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“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.”

“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.”

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

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”

“I'm the king of the world!”

“You are happy, they say; therefore you are called upon to give much.”

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”