I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.
MAYA ANGELOUMy mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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To those who are given much, much is expected.
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Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
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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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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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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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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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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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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
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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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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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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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