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"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."

-- Maya Angelou

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."

-- Maya Angelou

"If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love."

-- Maya Angelou

"If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love."

-- Maya Angelou

"Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet."

-- Maya Angelou

"Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet."

-- Maya Angelou

"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

-- Maya Angelou

"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

-- Maya Angelou

"I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too."

-- Maya Angelou

"I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too."

-- Maya Angelou

"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."

-- Maya Angelou

"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."

-- Maya Angelou

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."

-- Maya Angelou

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."

-- Maya Angelou

"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."

-- Maya Angelou

"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."

-- Maya Angelou

"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back."

-- Maya Angelou

"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back."

-- Maya Angelou

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

-- Maya Angelou

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

-- Maya Angelou

"You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody."

-- Maya Angelou

"You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody."

-- Maya Angelou

"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."

-- Maya Angelou

"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."

-- Maya Angelou

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."

-- Maya Angelou

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."

-- Maya Angelou

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

-- Maya Angelou

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

-- Maya Angelou

"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty."

-- Maya Angelou

"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty."

-- Maya Angelou

"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."

-- Maya Angelou

"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."

-- Maya Angelou

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently."

-- Maya Angelou

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently."

-- Maya Angelou

"If it was easy, everyone would do it. But it's not. That's why you have to grind."

-- Eric Thomas

"If it was easy, everyone would do it. But it's not. That's why you have to grind."

-- Eric Thomas

"You have greatness inside of you, but you have to dig it out."

-- Eric Thomas

"You have greatness inside of you, but you have to dig it out."

-- Eric Thomas

"Success demands sacrifice."

-- Eric Thomas

"Success demands sacrifice."

-- Eric Thomas

"Every day is a new opportunity to change your life."

-- Eric Thomas

"Every day is a new opportunity to change your life."

-- Eric Thomas

"Dream big, but work bigger."

-- Eric Thomas

"Dream big, but work bigger."

-- Eric Thomas

"Commitment means staying loyal to what you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left you."

-- Eric Thomas

"Commitment means staying loyal to what you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left you."

-- Eric Thomas

"The only limit to your greatness is your willingness to work for it."

-- Eric Thomas

"The only limit to your greatness is your willingness to work for it."

-- Eric Thomas