My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
MAYA ANGELOUA friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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The main thing in one’s own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
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Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.
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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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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
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The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
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Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
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