Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
MAYA ANGELOUMy 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.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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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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The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
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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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Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.
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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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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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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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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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To those who are given much, much is expected.
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Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.
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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
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Live as though life was created for you.
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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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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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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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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
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I don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, I love you. There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.
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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
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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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Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
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Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
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