Maya Angelou Quotes, Children Quotes, Husband Quotes

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me, if I do that well enough, then I'll be able to look after someone else -- the children or the husband or the elderly. But I have to look after myself first. I know that some people think that's being selfish, I think that's being self-full.

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When people see the laughing face, even if they're jealous of it, their burden is lightened. But do it first for yourself. Laugh and dare to try to love somebody, starting with yourself.

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

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We do the best we can with what we know, and when we know better, we do better.

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In a magazine, one can get - from cover to cover - 15 to 20 different ideas about life and how to live it.

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Let us live so we do not regret years of inertia and ignorance, so when we die we can say all of our energy was dedicated to the noble liberation of the human mind and spirit, beginning with my own.

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And one of my absolute favorite quotes of all-time, one that I've adopted as one of my greatest life mottos: Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."

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We really are 15 countries, and it's remarkable that each of us thinks we represent the real America. The Midwesterner in Kansas, the black American in Durham - both are certain they are the real American.

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Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.

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Never whine. Whining lets a brute know that a victim is in the neighborhood.

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You never get over the fear of writing.

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I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place.

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Won't it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history.

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It may in fact be utterly impossible to be successful without helping others to become successful.

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My grandmother told me that every good thing I do helps some human being in the world. I believed her 50 years ago and still do.

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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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On this platform of peace, we can create a language to translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other.

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I've had rainbows in my clouds.

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

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Continue to be bold, courageous. Try to choose the wisest thing and once you've chosen the wisest thing go out and try to achieve it. Be it.

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