We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
MAYA ANGELOUWomen should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
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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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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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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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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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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.
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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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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
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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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Live as though life was created for you.
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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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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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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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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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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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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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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.
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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
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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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If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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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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