"As the eagle was killed by the arrow……" — Helen Keller
"As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill."
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370 Quotes by Helen Keller
Helen Keller has 370 quotes on this site.
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Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he who gets…
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What a joy it is to feel the soft, springy earth under my feet once more, to follow grassy roads…
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I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of…
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A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.
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Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.
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I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation…
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Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Be heroes in an army of construction!
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Life is short and unpredictable. Eat the dessert first!
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Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.
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Once I knew the depth where no hope was and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love…
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Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.
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I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was…
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More Arrow Quotes
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Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow.
— Margaret Atwood
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I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18…
— Orlando Bloom
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Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks…
— Eric Clapton
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When we shoot an arrow, we look to the fall of it; when we send a ship to sea, we…
— Richard Sibbes
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While my friend was my friend, he flattered me, and I never heard the truth from him. When he became…
— Henry David Thoreau
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I find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there's a gas bill…
— Rowan Atkinson
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Fate's arrow, when expected, travels slow.
— Dante Alighieri
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Know that a word suddenly shot from the tongue is like an arrow shot from the bow. Son, that arrow…
— Rumi
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Famous archer, Howard Hill won all of the 267 archery contests he entered. He could hit a bullseye at 50…
— Zig Ziglar
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Sometimes you have tons of money, and still you are miserable, you are not satisfied. The bow of gratitude and…
— Harbhajan Singh Yogi
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As the arrow that leaves the bow cannot be recaptured, what we say, senselessly, about others causes us great harm.
— Sylvia Fraser
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Read the flight of your arrow if you want to know your future.
— Alessandro Baricco
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