You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
MAYA ANGELOUAs soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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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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When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.
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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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I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
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There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
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I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
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To those who are given much, much is expected.
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The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
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Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.
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Live as though life was created for you.
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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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Nothing will work unless you do.
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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 did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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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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It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
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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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Success is loving life and daring to live it.
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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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All great achievements require time.
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Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.
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Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
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Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
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