Maya Angelou Quotes, Paris Quotes, White Quotes

At one time, you could sit on the Rue de la Paix in Paris or at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv or in Medina and you could see a person come in, black, white, it didn't matter. You said, 'That's an American' because there's a readiness to smile and to talk to people.

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'God put the rainbow in the clouds, not just in the sky'... It is wise to realize we already have rainbows in our clouds, or we wouldn't be here. If the rainbow is in the clouds, then in the worst of time, there is the possibility of seeing hope... We can say 'I can be a rainbow in the cloud for someone yet to be.' That may be our calling.

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If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed.

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The first thing I do in the morning when I awaken is say, 'Thank you, Lord!' I'm grateful to be alive, and I'm going to try to tell the truth as well as I know and tell it as eloquently as I can so that people can hear it.

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It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how we are more alike than we are different.

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Living a life is like constructing a building: if you start wrong, you'll end wrong.

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Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.

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You can never be great at anything unless you love it.

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Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.

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Every day I awaken I am grateful. My intent is to be totally present in that day. And laugh as much as possible.

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Rainbows are people whose lives are bright, shining examples for others.

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I've read everything Thomas Wolfe ever wrote; my brother and I memorized whole chapters of 'You Can't Go Home Again' and 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

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One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things.

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You rose into my life like a promised sunrise, brightening my days with the light in your eyes. I've never been so strong. Now I'm where I belong.

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I believe in living a poetic life, an art full life. Everything we do from the way we raise our children to the way we welcome our friends is part of a large canvas we are creating.

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I think a nap or a rest overnight is great. But who needs three days of rest? Please! The second day, you might die.

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Don't trust people who don't laugh. I don't.

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Don't let the man bring you down.

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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

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Whenever I'm around some who is modest, I think, 'Run like hell and all of fire.' You don't want modesty, you want humility.

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