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Better Quotes by Maya Angelou
- ...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a diamond is the…
- When asked how she knows when her writing is where she wants it to be: "I know when it's the best I can do. It…
- And when great souls die, after a period peace blooms, slowly and always irregularly. Spaces fill with a kind of soothing electric vibration. Our senses,…
- When we know better, we do better.
- I thank God that I've lived long enough to see what I have seen, and I pray that people will continue to do better. We…
- I don't know if I continue, even today, always liking myself. But what I learned to do many years ago was to forgive myself. It…
- I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.
- I think I know that I deserve better. And so I try for better. I'm never so put off that I would ever walk out…
- 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…
- We do the best we can with what we know, and when we know better, we do better.
- I know something better is on the road for me.
- I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
- When you know better you do better.
- Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion,…
- Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.
- First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better…
- No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
- When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from…
- I did what I knew.. when I knew better, I did better
- Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad…
- If more Africans had eaten missionaries, the continent would be in better shape
- Some think that love is all flowers and good times, but I think that love is more than just that. Love is the bad, as…
- I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I've learned…
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- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator… — Aristotle
- Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids… — J. J. Abrams
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
- Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge,… — Isaac Asimov
- I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am… — John James Audubon
- God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine
- Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for… — Marcus Aurelius