The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
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.
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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There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
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You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.
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The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
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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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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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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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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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I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
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When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.
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I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.
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Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
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As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.
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Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
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I sustain myself with the love of family.
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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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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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.
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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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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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To those who are given much, much is expected.
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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.
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