Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
MAYA ANGELOUWhen you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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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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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
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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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Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.
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I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.
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Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.
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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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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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I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
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I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
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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 need much less than we think we need.
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Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.
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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 best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
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If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
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Don’t let the man bring you down.
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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
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Live as though life was created for you.
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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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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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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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