I don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, I love you. There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.
MAYA ANGELOUWhen you learn, teach, when you get, give.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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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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I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
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The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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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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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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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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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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While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
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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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The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
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I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.
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Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
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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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Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
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