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.
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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Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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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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I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.
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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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Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.
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Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
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Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.
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Don’t let the man bring you down.
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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
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As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.
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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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First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.
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When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
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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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