We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
MAYA ANGELOUMy mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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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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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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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’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.
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I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
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Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.
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The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.
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When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
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First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.
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A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek him just to find her.
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Don’t let the man bring you down.
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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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All great achievements require time.
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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
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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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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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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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Be present in all things and thankful for all things.
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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
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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’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
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As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.
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When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
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