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.
MAYA ANGELOUYou may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
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While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
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Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
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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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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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If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
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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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Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.
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Nothing will work unless you do.
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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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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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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
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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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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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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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