Maya Angelou Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Positive Quotes

You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

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Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.

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The white American man makes the white American woman maybe not superfluous but just a little kind of decoration. Not really important to turning around the wheels of the state. Well the black American woman has never been able to feel that way. No black American man at any time in our history in the United States has been able to feel that he didn't need that black woman right against him, shoulder to shoulder-in that cotton field, on the auction block, in the ghetto, wherever.

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Because of our routines we forget that life is an ongoing adventure.

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Listen to some good poetry. You see? It keeps us from thinking we are only what our blatant appetites describe us as.

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I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.

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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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What 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.

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You have to deal with what you encounter. But you must not be reduced. And so a way not to be reduced is don't whine! Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low.

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If God put the rainbows right in the clouds themselves, each one of us in the direst and dullest and most dreaded and dreary moments can see a possibility of hope ... Each one of us has the chance to be a rainbow in somebody's cloud.

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You think you may not be heard. Speak anyway.

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Nobody can enjoy unless we all enjoy, truly enjoy.

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You have to have courage to love somebody. Because you risk everything. Everything.

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Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish music, mostly Mexican music. But were I in Egypt, I would listen to the music of the people, or if I was in Italy, I'd listen to Italian music.

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Prepare yourself so that you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud.

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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 was asked to do something good, I often say yes, I'll try, yes, I'll do my best. And part of that is believing, if God loves me, if God made everything from leaves to seals and oak trees, then what is it I can't do?

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Don't hesitate to learn the most painful aspects of our history, understand it.

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Nothing will work unless you do.

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When members of a society wish to secure that society's rich heritage they cherish their arts and respect their artists. The esteem with which we regard the multiple cultures offered in our country enhances our possibilities for healthy survival and continued social development.

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