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.
MAYA ANGELOUDon’t let the man bring you down.
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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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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 even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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Nothing will work unless you do.
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The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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To those who are given much, much is expected.
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If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
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Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.
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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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I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
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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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Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.
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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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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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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.
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I sustain myself with the love of family.
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You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
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If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
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As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.
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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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All great achievements require time.
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Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.
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