Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.
MAYA ANGELOUIf I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.
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The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
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Don’t let the man bring you down.
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Life 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.
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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
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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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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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Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
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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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Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
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When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
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Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.
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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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