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.
MAYA ANGELOUMaking a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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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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The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
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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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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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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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We need much less than we think we need.
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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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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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Be present in all things and thankful for all things.
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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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I sustain myself with the love of family.
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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
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Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.
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