Live as though life was created for you.
MAYA ANGELOUMy mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
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When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
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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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Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.
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First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.
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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.
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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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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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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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We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.
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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
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All great achievements require time.
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There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
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I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
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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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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
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Success is loving life and daring to live it.
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To those who are given much, much is expected.
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In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.
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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don’t know my story.
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