Deficiency Quotes
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.
"Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight."— Helen Keller
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Meaning of this quote
Acknowledging a limitation can become a starting point for development. Keller encourages learning from difficulty without allowing it to define the whole person.
Key takeaway:
Name a difficulty and decide what it can teach you.
Origin of the quote
To Girls Who Are Going to College (1905).
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThe American Foundation for the Blind publishes the essay and the corresponding passage. Punctuation varies slightly from the uploaded title.
