I’ve learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.If you can’t change it, change your attitude. If you don’t like something, change it.It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning. Words mean more than what is set down on paper.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.I don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, ‘I love you.’ … There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love.

That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors. My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive.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.Top 31 Maya Angelou Most Famous Quotes to Live By

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