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.
MAYA ANGELOUMy 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.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
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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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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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You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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Nothing will work unless you do.
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I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
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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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The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.
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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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When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
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The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
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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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I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
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