Helen Keller: "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

Why This Quote Matters

Read "strengthened" out of context and it still holds. That is a sign of a well-made sentence. The best quotes can stand alone.

Write it down by hand somewhere. There is something different about that act. Words stick in a new way when they move through your fingers.

Whatever brought you here today, you are paying attention. That counts for something.