Maya Angelou Quotes, Hope Quotes, Honesty Quotes

When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.

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Shakespeare must be a black girl.

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Look for the beauty in things.

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I am convinced that words are things, and we simply don't have the machinery to measure what they are. I believe that words are tangible things.

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Intelligence is a separate gift, for the benefit of students, so that they may think of themselves as intellectual and not very intelligent, or intelligent and not very intellectual. One hopes, of course, that they try to bring the two virtues, the two elements, into their lives at the same time.

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Everybody is worth everything.

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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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Troubles are a blessing that force you to change, to believe.

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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

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I do not believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters and brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood are conditions people have to work at. It's a serious matter. You compromise, you give, you take, you stand firm, and you're relentless...And it is an investment. Sisterhood means if you happen to be in Burma and I happen to be in San Diego and I'm married to someone who is very jealous and you're married to somebody who is very possessive, if you call me in the middle of the night, I have to come.

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Poetry is music written for the human voice.

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Would you deny your son or your daughter the ecstasy of finding someone to love?

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Love is many things. It is varied. One thing love is not, is unsure.

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Just as hope rings through laughter, it can also shine through tears.

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I wasn't a pretty girl. I was six feet tall at 15, you know.

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Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.

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While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.

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Determine to live life with flair and laughter.

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Each of us has a responsibility for being alive: one responsibility to creation, of which we are a part, another to the creator a debt we repay by trying to extend our areas of comprehension.

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I believe everything is energy. I believe that the meal you serve yourself, you prepare, is energy. And if you serve it to your family, it's your gift of energy to them.

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