Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
MAYA ANGELOUIf you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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Be present in all things and thankful for all things.
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Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
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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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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
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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 need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
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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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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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If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
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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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