I sustain myself with the love of family.
MAYA ANGELOUI don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
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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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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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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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I don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, I love you. There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.
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While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
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As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.
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Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
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Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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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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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
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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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