I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
MAYA ANGELOUWhile one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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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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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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Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.
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You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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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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Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.
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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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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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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
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Success is loving life and daring to live it.
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