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.
MAYA ANGELOUBe present in all things and thankful for all things.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
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I sustain myself with the love of family.
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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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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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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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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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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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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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You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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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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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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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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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.
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