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Maya Angelou Quotes - Page 15

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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.

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.

Gratitude, Time, Add

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Apr 30, 2013

It's amazing. I can do anything. And do it well. Any good thing, I can do it. That's why I am who I am, yes, because God loves me and I'm amazed at it. I'm grateful for it.

Grateful, Who I Am, God Love

Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. May 2013.

The difference between charity and philanthropy is the distance of the soul... To be philanthropic is to give something, to be charitable is to give one's own heart.

Distance, Heart, Differences

jealousy is conceived only in insecurity and must be nourished in fear.

Jealousy, Insecurity

Maya Angelou (2012). “The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou”, p.540, Modern Library

Don't get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that - if you dare. But get older because it's fun!

Fun, Believe, Dare

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.

Mother, Children, Joy

You rose into my life like a promised sunrise, brightening my days with the light in your eyes. I've never been so strong. Now I'm where I belong.

Good Morning, Strong, Eye

Maya Angelou (2015). “The Complete Poetry”, p.134, Random House

My pride had been starched by a family who assumed unlimited authority in its own affairs.

Family, Pride, Affair

Maya Angelou (2009). “Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas”, p.19, Random House

Human beings are more alike than unalike. Whether in Paris, Texas, or Paris, France, we all want to have good jobs where we are needed and respected and paid just a little more than we deserve. We want healthy children, safe streets, to be loved and have the unmitigated gall to accept love. If we are religious, we want a place to perpetuate God. If not, we want a good lecture every once in a while. And everyone wants someplace to party on Saturday nights.

Religious, Jobs, Children

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

Inspirational, Mirrors, Light

"Visions: Maya Angelou". Interview With Ken Kelley, www.motherjones.com. May/June 1995.

Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.

Life, Long, Laughing

Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.6, Bantam

The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous.

Loss, First Love, Love Is

Maya Angelou (2012). “The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou”, p.244, Modern Library

Christians already? It seems to me that it takes a lifetime of work.

Christian, Lifetime, Seems

We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life.

Life, Courage, Loneliness

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

Inspiring, Forgiveness, Heart

Twitter post from Apr 06, 2014

We can be better, we can be wiser, we can be more kind. Yes we have to change. We have to grow up and stop acting like 10 years old. Yes there is much to do, much to see, much to go into.

Growing Up, Years, Acting

Source: blues.gr

He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education, and even more amazing no superiority complex because he had succeeded despite that lack.

Life, Simple, Men

Maya Angelou (2012). “The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou”, p.169, Modern Library

We are all human; therefore, nothing human can be alien to us.

Aliens, Humans

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

Education, Mother, School

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Oct 07, 2015

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

"6 Maya Angelou Quotes About Love to Incorporate Into Your Wedding" by Kim Fusaro, www.glamour.com. May 29, 2014.

As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may not remember your name but they will never forget the way you made them feel.

Heart, Nursing, Opportunity

One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.

Christmas, Thank You, Karma

Just as hope rings through laughter, it can also shine through tears.

Laughter, Shining, Tears

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.

Defeated You, Giving, Trying

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 13, 2010

If a human being dreams a great dream, dares to love somebody; if a human being dares to be Martin King, or Mahatma Gandhi, or Mother Theresa, or Malcolm X; if a human being dares to be bigger than the condition into which she or he was born-it means so can you. And so you can try to stretch, stretch, stretch yourself so you can internalize, 'Homo sum, humani nil a me alienum puto. I am a human being, nothing human can be alien to me.' That's one thing I'm learning.

Mother, Dream, Kings

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