My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
MAYA ANGELOUSurviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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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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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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Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
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Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.
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Success is loving life and daring to live it.
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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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We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.
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There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
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We need much less than we think we need.
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When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
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Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
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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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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
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When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.
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In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.
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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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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
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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 don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
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All great achievements require time.
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Don’t let the man bring you down.
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