Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.
MAYA ANGELOUWe spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.
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Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
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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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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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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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Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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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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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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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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Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
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I sustain myself with the love of family.
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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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The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
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If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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