Be present in all things and thankful for all things.
MAYA ANGELOUThe sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.
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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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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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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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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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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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Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
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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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The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
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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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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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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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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
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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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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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If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
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When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first 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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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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I sustain myself with the love of family.
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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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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
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