Maya Angelou Quotes, Compassion Quotes, People Quotes

Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, "I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth." Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, "Yes, I deserve it."

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Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don't whine. You can be brought low, that's OK, but don't be reduced by them. Just say, 'That's life.'

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I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. The U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins thought I had demeaned myself by writing poetry for Hallmark Cards, but I am the people's poet so I write for the people.

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Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.

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Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to have somebody to tell your story to is so important. It says: 'I was here. I may be sold tomorrow. But you know I was here.'

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Let the brain go to work, let it meet the heart and you will be able to forgive.

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You may not remember what a person said to you, you may not remember what a person did to you, but you will never forget how a person made you feel!

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Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

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I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don't just want to possess it, it will find you.

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I don't know how much longer I'll be around. I'll probably be writing when the Lord says, 'Maya, Maya Angelou, it's time.'

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I love a Hebrew National hot dog with an ice-cold Corona - no lime. If the phone rings, I won't answer until I'm done.

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This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.

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I've learned that forgiving is one of the greatest gifts that I can give myself.

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Alone, all alone Nobody, but nobody Can make it out here alone.

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There is no place where God is not.

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Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs?

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

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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

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By no amount of agile exercising of a wistful imagination could my mother have been called lenient. Generous she was; indulgent never. Kind, yes, permissive, never. In her world, people she accepted paddled their own canoes, pulled their own weight, put their own shoulders to their own plows and pushed like hell.

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My mother is so full of joy and life. I am her child. And that is better than being the child of anyone else in the world.

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