Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
MAYA ANGELOUTo those who are given much, much is expected.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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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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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.
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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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I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
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Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.
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All great achievements require time.
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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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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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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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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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I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.
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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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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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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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