I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
MAYA ANGELOUWhen someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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I don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, I love you. There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.
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We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.
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A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek him just to find her.
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I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.
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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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I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
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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 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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The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don’t know my story.
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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
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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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The main thing in one’s own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
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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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A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.
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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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Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.
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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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