Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
MAYA ANGELOUYou may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
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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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I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
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Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
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Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use 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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Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
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We need much less than we think we need.
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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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When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
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I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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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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Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.
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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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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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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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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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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
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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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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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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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