If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
MAYA ANGELOULiving well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.
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The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
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When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
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I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.
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Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
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I sustain myself with the love of family.
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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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Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.
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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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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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The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
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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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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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