You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
MAYA ANGELOUMy mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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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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I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.
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There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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Living 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.
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It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
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Live as though life was created for you.
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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
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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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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
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Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.
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