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| MAYA ANGELOU |
| �A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.� �Children�s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.� �Courage is the most important of all virtues, because without it we can't practice any other virtue with consistency.� �I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God�s will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at a commensurate speed.� �If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.� �If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.� �Some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and even more intelligent than college professors.� [I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings] �Talent is like electricity. We don�t understand electricity. We use it.� �The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.� �To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.� [I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings] �When I say... �I am a Christian� I'm not shouting �I'm clean livin.� I'm whispering �I was lost,� Now I'm found and forgiven. When I say... �I am a Christian� I don't speak of this with pride. I'm confessing that I stumble and need CHRIST to be my guide. When I say... �I am a Christian� I'm not trying to be strong. I'm professing that I'm weak and need HIS strength to carry on. When I say... �I am a Christian� I'm not bragging of success. I'm admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess. When I say... �I am a Christian� I'm not claiming to be perfect, My flaws are far too visible but, God believes I am worth it. When I say... �I am a Christian� I still feel the sting of pain, I have my share of heartaches So I call upon His name. When I say... �I am a Christian� I'm not holier than thou, I'm just a simple sinner who received God's good grace, somehow.� If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. |