Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
MAYA ANGELOUAny 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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If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
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Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
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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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I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.
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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
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Living 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.
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Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.
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Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
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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 not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
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