You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
MAYA ANGELOUHoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.
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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
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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 best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.
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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 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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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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Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
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I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
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