"To be angry is very good. It burns……" — Maya Angelou
"To be angry is very good. It burns out things and leaves nutrients in the soil. You should always be ready to be angry at injustice and cruelty."
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760 Quotes by Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou has 760 quotes on this site.
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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget…
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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love…
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While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else…
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Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go…
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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
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I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able…
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If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
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Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You…
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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
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Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right…
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No one loves the man whom he fears.
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We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the…
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What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful…
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
— Francis Bacon
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
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Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.
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