Maya Angelou citáty

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„Môžeme sa stretnúť s mnohými porážkami, ale nesmieme byť porazení.“

„Ak má človek šťastie, osamelá fantázia môže úplne zmeniť milión realít.“

„Keď sa učíš, uč aj ostatných, keď dostávaš, dávaj aj ostatným.“

„Všetky veľké úspechy si vyžadujú čas.“

„Nič nebude fungovať, kým nezačnete aj vy.“

„Neverím ľuďom, ktorí sa sa nemajú radi a hovoria mi: "Mám ťa rád."“

„Naučila som sa, že ľudia zabudnú čo si povedala, ľudia zabudnú čo si urobila, ale nikdy nezabudnú, ako sa s Tebou cítili.“

„Potrebujeme omnoho menej, než si myslíme, že potrebujeme.“

„Neexistujú väčšie muky ako nosiť v sebe nevypovedaný pribeh.“

„Nech nič nezatieni svetlo, ktoré žiari zvnútra.“

„Neverím nikomu, kto sa nesmeje.“

„Požiadajte o to, čo chcete a buďte pripravení na to, že to dostanete!“

„Tým, ktorí to už vzdali s láskou, hovorim: "Dôverujte trochu životu."“

„Ak sa vám niečo nepáči, zmeňte to. Ak to nemôžete zmeniť, zmeňte svoj postoj.“

„Predsudky sú bremenom, ktoré zamieňa minulosť, ohrozuje budúcnosť a zneprístupňuje prítomnosť.“

„Verím, že každý človek sa rodí s talentom.“

„Milujem múdrosť. A nemôžete byť dobrý v niečom, čo nemilujete. Nemusíte byť do toho zamilovaní, ale máte to mať radi, máte to obdivovať. A zdá sa, že ak danú vec milujete a nechcete ju len vlastniť, ona si vás nájde.“

„Túžba siahať po hviezdach je ambiciózna. Túžba siahať po srdciach je múdra.“

„Ak nie sme dobrí sami k sebe, ako môžeme očakávať, že niekto iný bude dobrý k nám?“

„Keď nájdeme niekoho, kto je odvážny, zábavný, inteligentný a milujúci, musíme sa poďakovať vesmíru.“

„Medzi pravdou a faktami je veľký rozdiel. Fakty môžu zastierať pravdu.“

„Naučil som sa, že "živiť sa" nie je to isté ako "žiť".“

“The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.”

“Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are -- cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes.”

“I dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my shoe and a seashell in my pocket. Was I only dreaming?”

“Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.”

“Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.”

“I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.”

“One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We cannot be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.”

“The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.”

“As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.”

“If you're for the right thing, you do it without thinking.”

“There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.”

“Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.”

“Don't let the man bring you down.”

“I’ve got a magic charm
That I keep up my sleeve,
I can walk the ocean floor
And never have to breathe.”

“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.”

“I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.”

“Ritie, don't worry 'cause you ain't pretty. Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. You smart. I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.”

“Strong women- precious jewels all- their humanness is evident in their accessibility. We are able to enter into the spirit of these women and rejoice in their warmth and courage.”

“We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.”

“To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision.”

“The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library”

“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.”

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

“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”

“We love and lose in China,
we weep on England's moors,
and laugh and moan in Guinea,
and thrive on Spanish shores.
We seek success in Finland,
are born and die in Maine.
In minor ways we differ,
in major we're the same.”

“We are all human; therefore, nothing human can be alien to us.”

“We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”

“Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.”

“It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.”