To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
MAYA ANGELOUTo those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
MAYA ANGELOUIt is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
MAYA ANGELOUMusic was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
MAYA ANGELOUA woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.
MAYA ANGELOUWhat 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 ANGELOUThere is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
MAYA ANGELOUYou may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
MAYA ANGELOUMy mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
MAYA ANGELOUMake every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.
MAYA ANGELOUWomen should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
MAYA ANGELOUI’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
MAYA ANGELOUFirst 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.
MAYA ANGELOUThe best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.
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.
MAYA ANGELOUI believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
MAYA ANGELOUThere’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
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