It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
MAYA ANGELOUIf I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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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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All great achievements require time.
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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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The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
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Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.
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Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.
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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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Most 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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It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.
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I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
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