Maya Angelou Quotes, Being Strong Quotes, Giving Up Quotes

Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'

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Some people cannot see a good thing when it is right here, right now. Others can sense a good thing coming when it is days, months, or miles away.

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Dr. [Martin Luther] King was a human being. He had a sense of humor which was wonderful.

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In a magazine, one can get - from cover to cover - 15 to 20 different ideas about life and how to live it.

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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.

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I do hope that young men and women will start to think for themselves and start to take responsibility for their own thoughts.

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My grandmother told me that every good thing I do helps some human being in the world. I believed her 50 years ago and still do.

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I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

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When we cast our bread upon the waters we can presume that someone downstream whose face we will never know will benefit from our action, as we who are downstream from another will profit from the grantor's gift.

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When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as full of dreams and excitement and ideas. I am then weakened and diminished, and made less rich.

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I am a child of God. I always carry that with me.

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On Saturday afternoons when all the things are done in the house and there's no real work to be done, I play Bach and Chopin and turn it up real loudly and get a good bottle of chardonnay and sit out on my deck and look out at the garden.

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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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Because of our routines we forget that life is an ongoing adventure.

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Without willing it, I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being aware. And the worst part of my awareness was that I didn't know what I was aware of. I knew I knew very little, but I was certain that the things I had yet to learn wouldn't be taught to me at George Washington High School.

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My hope is that we develop enough courage to develop courage. To try to have, try to learn to treat each other fairly, with generosity and kindness.

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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.

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Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.

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I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

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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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