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| Maya Angelou quotes: 'Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud' | Maya Angelou quotes: 'Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud' |
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| Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. | Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. |
| If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. | If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. |
| There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. | |
| I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt. | I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt. |
| We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. | We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. |
| You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. | You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. |
| My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. | My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. |
| Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. | |
| I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. | I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. |
| I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass. | I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass. |
| The love of the family, the love of the person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society. | The love of the family, the love of the person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society. |
| Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. | Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. |
| Nothing will work unless you do. | Nothing will work unless you do. |
| It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. | It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Open contributions: What did Maya Angelou mean to you? |