Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
MAYA ANGELOUTo those who are given much, much is expected.
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As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.
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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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The main thing in one’s own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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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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I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
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I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise!
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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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To those who are given much, much is expected.
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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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If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
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Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.
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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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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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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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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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Success is loving life and daring to live it.
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Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
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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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In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.
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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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The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.
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