What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.
MAYA ANGELOUWhat you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.
MAYA ANGELOUTo those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
MAYA ANGELOULove 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.
MAYA ANGELOUI’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
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 ANGELOUEach time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
MAYA ANGELOUNothing will work unless you do.
MAYA ANGELOULove is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
MAYA ANGELOUIf you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
MAYA ANGELOUTalent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
MAYA ANGELOUMy 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.
MAYA ANGELOUI did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
MAYA ANGELOUWhile one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
MAYA ANGELOUIf I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
MAYA ANGELOUI’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
MAYA ANGELOUThe best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.
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