Many people have a wrong of idea of what constitutes true h… - Helen Keller

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Many people have a wrong of idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not obtained through a self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Helen Keller

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Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American writer and social activist; an illness (possibly scarlet fever or meningitis) at the age of 19 months left her deaf and blind.

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True happines is not attained through self gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose

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If you can dream it, you can do it.

Veličanstvenost bogatstva ljudskoga iskustva izgubila bi svoju vrednost i užitak kada ne bi postojale neke prepreke koje moramo preskočiti. Trenutak osvajanja planine ne bi bio ni upola toliko prekrasan kada ne bi bilo onih mračnih dolina koje smo prebrodili.

People with disabilities not only need to be given lives, they need to be given lives worth living. (paraphrased, not a direct quote))

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