Maya Angelou Quotes, Lonely Quotes, Gratitude Quotes

The ship of my life may or may not be sailing on calm and amiable seas. The challenging days of my existence may or may not be bright and promising. Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude. If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed.

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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.

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It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

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I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

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When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

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Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.

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I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.' Yes, I think everybody should be paid handsomely; I insist on it, and I pay people who work for me, or with me, handsomely.

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Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

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

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The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself. If we don't have that we never grow, we never learn, and sure as hell we should never teach.

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The root cause of all the problems we have in the world today is ignorance of course. But most, polarization.

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When I'm writing, I write. And then it's as if the muse is convinced that I'm serious and says, 'Okay. Okay. I'll come.'

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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

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Ritie, don't worry 'cause you ain't pretty. Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. You smart. I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.

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A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but a woman called by a devaluing name will only be weakened by the misnomer.

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Pretty Women Wonder Where My Secret Lies, Im Not Cute Or Built To Fit A Fashion Models Size.

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Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.

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Give yourself time just to be with yourself.

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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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One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.

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