The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
MAYA ANGELOUWithout 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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Success is loving life and daring to live it.
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Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.
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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
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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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I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
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When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
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Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.
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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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When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
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I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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