Live as though life was created for you.
MAYA ANGELOULive as though life was created for you.
MAYA ANGELOUI hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
MAYA ANGELOUIt 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.
MAYA ANGELOUA friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
MAYA ANGELOUMusic was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
MAYA ANGELOUThe problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don’t know my story.
MAYA ANGELOUIf you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
MAYA ANGELOUIt is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
MAYA ANGELOUAny 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.
MAYA ANGELOUThe ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
MAYA ANGELOUNever make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.
MAYA ANGELOUWords mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.
MAYA ANGELOUWe spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.
MAYA ANGELOUSuccess is loving life and daring to live it.
MAYA ANGELOUI’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
MAYA ANGELOUNothing will work unless you do.
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