NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 595

 

• ·       “It’s just that each of us is courageous, and that’s what I encourage, courage, and the courage to see, and the courage to say to oneself what one has seen. Don’t be in denial.” - Maya Angelou

  ·       “I did get knocked down flat in front of the whole world, and I rose. I didn’t run away—I rose right where I’d been knocked down. And then that’s how you get to know yourself.” - Maya Angelou

  ·       “She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.” - Maya Angelou

  ·       “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.” - Maya Angelou

  ·       “Courage allows the successful woman to fail—and to learn powerful lessons from the failure—so that in the end, she didn’t fail at all.” - Maya Angelou

  ·       “A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.” - Maya Angelou

  ·       “It is better to control oneself, if one can, and not hit back. But on certain occasions, it is imperative to defend oneself. I don’t think it’s fair to ask anybody not to defend herself or himself.” - Maya Angelou

  ·       “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” - Maya Angelou

  ·       “The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don’t know my story.” - Maya Angelou