We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
MAYA ANGELOUMost 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.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
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The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.
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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
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Be present in all things and thankful for all things.
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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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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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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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When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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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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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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I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
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Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
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Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.
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