Maya Angelou

 

When you know better, you do better.

 

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.

 

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

 

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

 

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation.

 

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

 

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

 

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

 

Having courage does not mean we are not afraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears.  We are able to say “I have fallen but I will get up”.

 

May gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. ~ Maya Angelou