(188 quotes found)
“women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible and live long lives”
Maya Angelou
“Om Asato maa sad-gamaya; tamaso maa jyotir-ga-maya; mrtyor-maa amrutam gamaya. Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih. O Lord Lead me from the unreal to the real. Lead me from the darkness to light. Lead me from death to immortality. May there be peace, peace, and perfect peace.”
The Upanishads
“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.”
“It is the worst thing you can do, women, is whine, ... I mean the worst. Don't complain, protest.”
“We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends, and living our lives.”
“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.”
“Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaken need for an unshakable God.”
“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”
“Maya Angelou is a very prolific writer. You can read her stuff down once and sort of walk away, but if you really want to get the richness of what she is saying you have to check it out a couple of times.”
Stanley Clarke
“One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.”
