Maya Angelou quotes - page 5

Ive learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. (Maya Angelou)
Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it empowers us to develop courage; to trust that courage and build bridges with it; to trust those bridges and cross over them so we can attempt to reach each other. View quote
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I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'. View quote
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I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh. View quote
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Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. View quote
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Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging. View quote
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The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story... View quote
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I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute. View quote
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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. View quote
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We love and lose in China, we weep on England's moors, and laugh and moan in Guinea, and thrive on Spanish shores. We seek success in Finland, are born and die in Maine. In minor ways we differ, in major we're the same. View quote
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I'm young as morning and fresh as dew. Everybody loves me and so do you. (Maya Angelou)
Take the blinders from your vision take the padding from your ears and confess you've heard me crying and admit you've seen my tears. View quote
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Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now. View quote
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You are the sum total of everything you've seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot- it's all right there. View quote
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You should never make someone a priority who views you as an option. View quote
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Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence-neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish-it is an imponderably valuable gift. View quote
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There are some nights when sleep plays coy, aloof and disdainful. And all the wiles that I employ to win its service to my side are useless as wounded pride, and much more painful. View quote
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My dear, when people show you who they are, why don't you believe them? Why must you be shown 29 times before you can see who they really are? Why can't you get it the first time? View quote
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I went to sleep last night And I arose with the dawn, I know that there are others Who're still sleeping on, They've gone away, You've let me stay, I want to thank You. View quote
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I know why the caged bird sings. View quote
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. (Maya Angelou)
No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. View quote
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First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love. View quote
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To those who have given up on love: I say, "Trust life a little bit. View quote
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I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life. View quote
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