Adversity | Determination | Endurance | Failure | Handicaps | Opportunity | Perseverance | Persistence | Rejection | Trial

OVERRIDING OBJECTIONS
Helen Keller graduated from Radcliffe College in 1904, a tough assignment even for a normal person. She finished with excellent reading knowledge of Greek, Latin, German, and French — all in Braille, of course. Some years later Woodrow Wilson asked her why she had chosen Radcliffe when she could have selected an easier college. “Because they didn’t want me at Radcliffe,” she answered; “and, being stubborn, I chose to override their objections.”