Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
MAYA ANGELOUThe need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
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When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.
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It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.
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We need much less than we think we need.
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Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.
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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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I don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, I love you. There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.
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Success is loving life and daring to live it.
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Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
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A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek him just to find her.
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Be present in all things and thankful for all things.
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Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.
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Nothing will work unless you do.
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You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise!
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