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I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.
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Topic: Death
I find it very difficult to let a friend or beloved go into that country of no return. I answer the heroic question, "Death, where is thy sting?" with "It is here in my heart, and my mind, and my memories.
From Letter to My Daughter
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Topic: Death
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
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Topic: Inspirational
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
From I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Topic: Inspirational
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
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Topic: Inspirational
Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
From Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
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Topic: Inspirational, Philosophical
Segregation shaped me; education liberated me.
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Topic: Education, Inspirational
A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.
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Topic: Inspirational
I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it.

Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.
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Topic: Inspirational
Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
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Topic: Inspirational
A Woman in harmony with her spirit
is like a river flowing.
She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination
prepared to be herself
and only herself
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Topic: Inspirational
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill,
of things unknown, but longed for still,
and his tune is heard on the distant hill,
for the caged bird sings of freedom.
From I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Topic: Inspirational
It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.
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Topic: Inspirational
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
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Topic: Motivational, Sports
I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
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Topic: Funny, Inspirational, Life
He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education, and even more amazing no superiority complex because he had succeeded despite that lack.
From I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Topic: Education
In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.
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Topic: Filmmaking
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
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Topic: Inspirational
I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.
From Letter to My Daughter
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Topic: Life
This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.
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Topic: Life
What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself - for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don't know what you're here to do, then just do some good.
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Topic: Death
I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
I find it very difficult to let a friend or beloved go into that country of no return. I answer the heroic question, "Death, where is thy sting?" with "It is here in my heart, and my mind, and my memories.
From Letter to My Daughter
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
From I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
From Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational, Philosophical
Segregation shaped me; education liberated me.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Education, Inspirational
A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it.

Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
A Woman in harmony with her spirit
is like a river flowing.
She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination
prepared to be herself
and only herself
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill,
of things unknown, but longed for still,
and his tune is heard on the distant hill,
for the caged bird sings of freedom.
From I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Motivational, Sports
I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Funny, Inspirational, Life
He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education, and even more amazing no superiority complex because he had succeeded despite that lack.
From I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Education
In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Filmmaking
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.
From Letter to My Daughter
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself - for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don't know what you're here to do, then just do some good.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
I find it very difficult to let a friend or beloved go into that country of no return. I answer the heroic question, "Death, where is thy sting?" with "It is here in my heart, and my mind, and my memories.
From Letter to My Daughter
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
From I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
From Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational, Philosophical
Segregation shaped me; education liberated me.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Education, Inspirational
A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it.

Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
A Woman in harmony with her spirit
is like a river flowing.
She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination
prepared to be herself
and only herself
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill,
of things unknown, but longed for still,
and his tune is heard on the distant hill,
for the caged bird sings of freedom.
From I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Motivational, Sports
I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Funny, Inspirational, Life
He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education, and even more amazing no superiority complex because he had succeeded despite that lack.
From I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Education
In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Filmmaking
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.
From Letter to My Daughter
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself - for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don't know what you're here to do, then just do some good.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
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