My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
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.
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Live as though life was created for you.
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I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
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I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.
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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.
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The main thing in one’s own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
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I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.
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When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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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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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 sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
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When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
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Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
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