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.
MAYA ANGELOUI did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
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Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
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Life 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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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
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I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
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Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.
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The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.
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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
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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 am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.
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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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Don’t let the man bring you down.
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Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.
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