"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." ― Helen Keller Topic(s): Faith Tags: faith, optimism More From Helen Keller "True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow." "It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal." More In Faith "Those who have always had faith in its final success can do no less than rejoice as if it was our own triumph after five years of daily struggle to impose Cuban music on the European continent."― Alejo Carpentier "Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor."― Francis Quarles "My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success."― Barack Obama