Maya Angelou Quotes, Giving Quotes, Teach Quotes

If you have, give. If you learn, teach.

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No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

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My son is the best thing that ever happened to me. And through me - to a lot of people.

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Had I known that the heart breaks slowly, dismantling itself into unrecognizable plots of misery... had I known yet I would have loved you, your brash and insolent beauty, your heavy comedic face and knowledge of sweet delights, but from a distance I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less.

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There is a place in you that you must keep inviolate, a place that you must keep clean. A place where you say to any intruder, "Back up, don't you know I'm a child of God.

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A single fantasy can transform a million realities.

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If you were the President of the United States or the Queen of England - you couldn't have a person who would be more protective than my mother was for me. Which meant really that I could dare to do all sorts of things.

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I am not competing with anyone other than myself. I want to be excellent at whatever I do.

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Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.

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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

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We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.

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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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Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice.

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No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again and bring the dawn.

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To be human is to be challenged to be more divine. Not even to try to meet such a challenge is the biggest defeat imaginable.

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For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

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Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.

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I love the song 'I Hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womack. I was going to write that song, but someone beat me to it.

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You can't get too high for somebody to bring you down.

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It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

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