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 ANGELOUWithout courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
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Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
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I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
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While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation.
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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
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Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.
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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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The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don’t know my story.
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You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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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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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
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To those who are given much, much is expected.
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While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
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Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
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