Maya Angelou Quotes, Humility Quotes, Compassion Quotes

Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in somebody's footsteps.'

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As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.

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I get up in the morning, and I'm reluctant to turn on the television.

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Courage, I don't think anybody is born with courage. I think you may be born with a flair to braggadocio, you know. That's not courage.

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Life loves the liver of it.

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I know that you that you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. If you accept that you have been defeated, you give power to the force that is trying to defeat you.

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I dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my shoe and a seashell in my pocket. Was I only dreaming?

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One must learn to care for oneself first, so that one can then dare to care for someone else.

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Moderation in all things. And even moderation in moderation. Don't get too much moderation, you know?

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I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.

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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.

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I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

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In the fifties, you have your beauty as a treat. I thought that until I hit the sixties.In your sixties, life decides to reward you with certain kinds of profound appreciation, so that people name their children and schools and libraries after you! And you still have your sexuality and your sensuality. If you want your sexuality, you still have it.

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Here on the pulse of this new day You may have the grace to look up and out And into your sister's eyes, Into your brother's face, your country And say simply Very simply With hope Good morning.

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I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard.

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Never, never let a person know you're frightened. And a group of them ... absolutely never. Fear brings out the worst in everybody.

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A mother's love liberates.

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I believe that quality level is determined primarily by the actual design of the product itself, not by quality control in the production process.

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To be human is to be challenged to be more divine. Not even to try to meet such a challenge is the biggest defeat imaginable.

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Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.

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