Maya Angelou Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Life Quotes

Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaking need for an unshakable God. My pretty Black brother was my Kingdom Come.

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The root cause of all the problems we have in the world today is ignorance of course. But most, polarization.

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No not me go find someone else to bring down

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Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

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You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for

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I'm grateful to be an American. I am grateful that we can be angry at the terrorist assault and at the same time be intelligent enough not to hold a grudge against every Arab and every Muslim.

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I have forgiven myself; I'll make a change. Once that forgiveness has taken place you can console yourself with the knowledge that a diamond is the result of extreme pressure. Less pressure is crystal, less than that is coal, less than that is fossilized leaves or plain dirt. Pressure can change you into something quite precious, quite wonderful, quote beautiful and extremely hard.

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I don't believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.

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The question is not how to survive, but how to thrive with passion, compassion, humor and style.

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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.

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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

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Love liberates. It doesn't just hold, that's ego. Love liberates.

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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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We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That's why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are

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I know that you that you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. If you accept that you have been defeated, you give power to the force that is trying to defeat you.

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That's the biggest gift I can give anybody: 'Wake up, be aware of who you are, what you're doing and what you can do to prevent yourself from becoming ill.'

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We cannot change the past, but we can change our attitude toward it. Uproot guilt and plant forgiveness. Tear out arrogance and seed humility. Exchange love for hate - thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising.

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In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

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My mother raised me, and then freed me.

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