My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
MAYA ANGELOULife 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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What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.
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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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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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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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When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
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I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
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Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.
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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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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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No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
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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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Don’t let the man bring you down.
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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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