We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
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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When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.
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I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
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Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
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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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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
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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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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
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When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
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We need much less than we think we need.
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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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You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
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There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
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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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