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.
MAYA ANGELOUMost 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.
MAYA ANGELOUThe sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
MAYA ANGELOUWhile one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
MAYA ANGELOUThe problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don’t know my story.
MAYA ANGELOUWe spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.
MAYA ANGELOUHate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.
MAYA ANGELOUA woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek him just to find her.
MAYA ANGELOUEach person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.
MAYA ANGELOUYou alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
MAYA ANGELOUSurviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
MAYA ANGELOUIn all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.
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.
MAYA ANGELOULife 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.
MAYA ANGELOUI’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
MAYA ANGELOUPoetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
MAYA ANGELOUI believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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