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Present Quotes by Maya Angelou
- Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
- For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he…
- I try to live what I consider a "poetic existence." That means I take responsibility for the air I breathe and the space I take…
- In today's climate in our country, which is sickened with the pollution of pollution, threatened with the prominence of AIDS, riddled with burgeoning racism, rife…
- Exchange love for hate...Thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising.
- If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you will look forward, do so prayerfully. But the wisest course would be to be present…
- The truth brings the past into the present and prepares us for the future. That's what truth does
- Be present in all things and thankful for all things.
- In all the institutions I try to be present and accountable for all I do and leave undone. I know that eventually I shall have…
- We cannot change the past, but we can change our attitude toward it. Uproot guilt and plant forgiveness. Tear out arrogance and seed humility. Exchange…
More Present Quotes
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business.… — Mary Astell
- I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as knowledge something… — Margaret Atwood
- Confine yourself to the present. — Marcus Aurelius
- Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today… — Marcus Aurelius
- The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand… — Diane Ackerman
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of… — Sai Baba
- A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught… — Ibrahim Babangida
- An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect… — Irving Babbitt
- Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present. — Roger Babson
- Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present in my memory. I do not want… — Michelle Bachelet
- In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon