It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui – Helen Keller

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light – Helen Keller

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do – 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 – Helen Keller

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence – Helen Keller

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose – Margaret Thatcher

Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of conduct, under which they would not say or show anything which could assist the terrorists’ morale or their cause while the hijack lasted – Margaret Thatcher

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty – Margaret Thatcher

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy – Margaret Thatcher

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus – Margaret Thatcher