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May Quotes by Maya Angelou
- We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
- Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we…
- I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.
- In all my work, I try to say - 'You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen…
- Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to…
- Like a pianist runs her fingers over the keys, I'll search my mind for what to say. Now, the poem may want you to write…
- ...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…
- Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence - neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish - it is…
- 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.
- You forgive yourself for every failure because you are trying to do the right thing. God knows that and you know it. Nobody else may…
- You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 'God put the rainbow in the clouds, not just in the sky'... It is wise to realize we already have rainbows in our clouds, or…
- Love heals. Heals and liberates. I use the word love, not meaning sentimentality, but a condition so strong that it may be that which holds…
- All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and faith. While one…
- The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world.
- You may be pretty or plain, heavy or thin, gay or straight, poor or rich. But remember this: In an election, every voice is equally…
- Love is a condition so powerful; it may be that which pulls the stars in the firmament. It may be that which pushes and urges…
- 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…
- The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may…
- You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and…
- You may not remember what a person said to you, you may not remember what a person did to you, but you will never forget…
- You think you may not be heard. Speak anyway.
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- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong