Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
MAYA ANGELOUHoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
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The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
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To those who are given much, much is expected.
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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
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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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Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
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I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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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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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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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 main thing in one’s own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
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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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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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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
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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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I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
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You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise!
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As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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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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I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.
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