I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
MAYA ANGELOUMy mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
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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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Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.
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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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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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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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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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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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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 I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
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While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation.
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The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.
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You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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Success is loving life and daring to live it.
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