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".“

“Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.”

“The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough.”

“We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.”

“The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.”

“Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad it is it could be worse and no matter how good it is it could be better.”

“In all the institutions I try to be present and accountable for all I do and leave undone. I know that eventually I shall have to be present and accountable n the presence of God. I do not wish to be found wanting.”

“Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?”

“When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep”

“I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to.”

“The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.”

“Determine to live life with flair and laughter.”

“You should never make someone a priority who views you as an option.”

“If funkytown was a trailerpark, this guy would be a double-wide.”

“I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss”

“We are only as blind as we want to be.”

“Life likes to be taken by the lapel and told, "I'm with you kid. Let's go!”

“The intensity with which young people live demands that they "blank out" as often as possible.”

“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.”

“I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.”

“You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for”

“If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed.”

“To grow up is to stop putting blame on parents”

“Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence—neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish—it is an imponderably valuable gift.”

“You dwell in whitened castles
with deep and poisoned moats
and cannot hear the curses
which fill your children's throats.”

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”

“There are some nights when
sleep plays coy,
aloof and disdainful.
And all the wiles
that I employ to win
its service to my side
are useless as wounded pride,
and much more painful.”

“I find relief from the questions only when I concede that I am not obliged to know everything. I remind myself it is sufficient to know what I know, and that what I know, may not always be true.”

“In all my work what I try to say is that as human beings we are more alike than we are unalike.”

“You only are free when you realize you belong no place — you belong every place — no place at all.”