Maya Angelou Quotes, Waking Quotes, Wake Up Quotes

At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.

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It's hard because people think they have something to lose and the truth is they have everything to gain in trying to love somebody.

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When I want to think about what would be the right thing to do, the fair thing to do, the wise thing to do, I can just think of my grandmother. I can always hear her say, "Now sister, you know what's right. Just do right!"

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The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself. It is said that some people are born great, others achieve it, some have it thrust upon them. In truth, the ways in which your character is built have to do with all three of those. Those around you, those you choose, and those who choose you.

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I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

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My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.

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I've had rainbows in my clouds.

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Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older.

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Life is a gift, and i try to respond with grace and courtesy.

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Christians already? It seems to me that it takes a lifetime of work.

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Raising kids is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.

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The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.

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Grace is like a lake of drinkable water right outside your door. But you stay inside and die of thirst.

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We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.

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A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself.

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I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

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There's racism and sexism and ageism and all sorts of idiocies. But bad news is not news. We've had bad news as a species for a long time. We've had slavery and human sacrifice and the holocaust and brutalities of such measure.

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It is important that we learn humility, which says there was someone else before me who paid for me. My responsibility is to prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who is yet to come.

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I read the Bible to myself; I'll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear the rhythm, and remind myself how beautiful English is.

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Through the centuries, we faced down death by daring to hope.

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