I believe that every person is born with talent. I’ve learned that making a “living” is not the same thing as making a “life”. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. I don’t believe an accident of birth makes peoplesisters or brothers. Sun, rain, curving sky mountain, oceans, leaf and stone star shine, moon glow you’re all that I can call my own. We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. Success is loving life and daring to live it. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. Make every effort to change things you do not like. You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in this world, but has not solved one yet. No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I laugh as much as I can and cry when I have to, without apology.

Maya Angelou, Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou Stand up straight and realize who you are, that you tower over your circumstances. There have been people in my life who meant me well, taught me valuable lessons, and others who have meant me ill and, have given me ample notification that my world is not meant to be all peaches and cream. If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.Ĭourage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. Maya Angelou, Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good. Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring, still. And the fact that he was my brother, my only brother, and I had no sisters to share him with, was such good fortune that it made me want to live a Christian life just to show God that I was grateful. When you learn, teach, when you get, give.īailey was the greatest person in my world.

Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 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. We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Quote of The Day | Inspirational Quotes for Kids She is an author and poet who is famous for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, a story of her early life, a story filled with challenges but also of discovery and survival.

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