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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

Maya Angelou

A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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Face Friendship Stranger Wait
Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
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Crawl Loneliness Music Refuge
Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
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Consistency Courage Honesty Kindness Mercy Practice Virtue
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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Allow Belief Faith Inspirational Myself Power Venture
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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Adventure Art Life Purity Quick Realize Treat
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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Advice Change Complain Inspirational Life
No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
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Bad Future Inspirational Life Patience Present
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
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Fantasy Lucky Reality Transform
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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Change Inspirational Path Situation Step Woman
Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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Elegance Life One Liner Survive
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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Cherish Family Friendship Live Moments Precious Time
I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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Happiness Laugh One Liner Trust
I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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Believe Girl Opportunity Virtue
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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Creation God Myself Realize Remember
Be present in all things and thankful for all things.
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One Liner Present Satisfaction Thankful
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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God Heart Hide Love Seek Woman

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

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