While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation.
MAYA ANGELOUWhile one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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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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Be present in all things and thankful for all things.
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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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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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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
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The main thing in one’s own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
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When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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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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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
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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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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
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