31+ Inspirational Blind Quotes And Sayings That Kids Will Love

Devangana Rathore
Dec 12, 2023 By Devangana Rathore
Originally Published on Feb 23, 2021
Edited by Monisha Kochhar
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Being in the dark can sometimes brighten your life.

Blindness is by no means an easy condition to endure. Whether it be physical, mental, or social blindness, there is much to learn about blindness.

Read on for some of the best blind quotes, and do share your favorite inspirational quote with your friends! If you think you would enjoy reading quotes about the dark and people who carry it in their heart every day, then you will enjoy vision quotes and clarity quotes.

Best Blind Person Quotes

Some of the most famous sayings about blindness include love is blind quotes, or turn a blind eye quotes. Some even involve blind faith quotes. With so many quotes around, we have collected some of the best quotes for you to enjoy. So read on for some of the best blind quotes around which are truly inspirational.

1. "You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle."

-Paolo Coelho.

2. "We're blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know. We're not designed to know how little we know."

-Daniel Kahneman.

3. "Each of you, as an individual, must pick your own goals. Listen to others, but do not become a blind follower."

-Thurgood Marshall.

4. "If love is blind, then maybe a blind person that loves has a greater understanding of it. "    

-Criss Jami.

5. "The blind willingness to sacrifice people to truth, however, has always been the danger of an ethics abstracted from life."  

-Carol Gilligan.

6. "Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity."

-Karl Marx.

7. "In faith, there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't."

-Blaise Pascal.

8. "Our very eyes, Are sometimes, like our judgments, blind."

-William Shakespeare.

9. "I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism."

-Sylvester Stallone.

10. "None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see."

-Matthew Henry.

11. "Love is blind."

-Geoffrey Chaucer.

12. "A blind man knows he cannot see and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best and scorns a guide."

-Samuel Butler.

13. "Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed."

-Bruce Springsteen.

14. "And so I betake myself to that course, which is almost as much as to see myself go into my grave—for which, and all the discomforts that will accompany my being blind, the good God prepare me!"

-Samuel Pepys.

15. "Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth."    

-Albert Einstein.

Blindness Quotes By Famous People

Some of the most famous blind quotes are read from famous people, such as Hellen Keller, John Milton, and many others. Many a quote talks about how having sight is not equal to having vision. Read on for inspiration from these people, and do share with your friends and family!

16. "To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable."

 -John Milton.  

17. "Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes."

-Friedrich Nietzsche.

18. "We think we know what's right. With excessive pride comes blindness."

-Paul Haggis.

19. "The blind have no notion of time. The things of time are hidden from them too."    

-Samuel Beckett.

20. "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

-Mahatma Gandhi.

21. "Blind people don't look the same. That play of expression isn't there. You know, when you're born blind, you don't have anyone to model yourself after. When you lose your sight, you tend to forget what you're supposed to look like."

-Fay Connors.

22. "Never forget that turning a blind eye to oppression and watching from the sidelines is itself oppression."      

-Harun Yahya.

23. "In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."

-Desiderius Erasmus.

24. "Man is blind by its own thoughts. Thought is the product of the past and with that past, he looks."      

-Alexandre Branco Martins.

25. "Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

-Mark Twain.

26. "You can't force someone to see the truth, just like you can't force a blind man to see."      

-Marilyn Manson.

27. "The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."

-Helen Keller.

28. "Perhaps only in a world of the blind will things be what they truly are."

- Jose Saramago.

29. "Blindness is an unfortunate handicap but true vision does not require the eyes."

-Helen Keller.

30. "A blind person who sees is better than a seeing person who is blind."

-Iranian proverb.

31. "As a blind man has no idea of colors, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things."    

-Isaac Newton.

32. "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."

-Shakespeare.

33. "Blessed are the blind, for they know not enough to ask why."

-Ernst Renan.

Thoughtful Quotes On Blindness

Whether it be from a book or a movie, quotes on blindness can always leave you taking them to heart and thinking about them long after you close the book or close your Netflix account after watching a movie. Read on for some of the most thoughtful quotes of blindness - we are sure they will leave you thinking!

34. "Just because you are blind and unable to see my beauty doesn't mean it does not exist."

-Margaret Cho.

35. "O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age!"

-John Milton.

36. "What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self."

-Helen Keller.

37. "Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person."

-Chanakya.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for blind quotes then why not take a look at [faith in god quotes], or leap of faith quotes.

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Written by Devangana Rathore

Bachelor of Arts specializing in English Language, Master of Philosophy

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Devangana RathoreBachelor of Arts specializing in English Language, Master of Philosophy

Devangana is a highly accomplished content writer and a deep thinker with a Master's degree in Philosophy from Trinity College, Dublin. With a wealth of experience in copywriting, she has worked with The Career Coach in Dublin and is constantly looking to enhance her skills through online courses from some of the world's leading universities. Devangana has a strong background in computer science and is also an accomplished editor and social media manager. Her leadership skills were honed during her time as the literacy society president and student president at the University of Delhi.

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