"If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything"..
"Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes".
-Confucius
"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves".
-Confucius
"Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it".
-Confucius
"Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses".
-Confucius
"He who will not economize will have to agonize".
-Confucius
"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand".
-Confucius
"Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star".
-Confucius
"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop".
-Confucius
"Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart".
-Confucius
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do".
-Confucius
"Respect yourself and others will respect you".
-Confucius
"Study the past if you would define the future".
-Confucius
"The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved".
-Confucius
"To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness".
-Confucius
"To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage".
-Confucius
"To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle".
-Confucius
"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others".
-Confucius
"When anger rises, think of the consequences".
-Confucius
"When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves".
-Confucius
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart".
-Confucius
"They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom".
-Confucius
"By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart".
Confucius
"Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue".
-Confucius
"Have no friends not equal to yourself".
-Confucius
"He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
-Confucius
"He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good".
-Confucius
"He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed".
-Confucius
"Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles".
-Confucius
"I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there".
-Confucius
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
-Maya Angelou
Achievement brings its own anticlimax.
-Maya Angelou
All great achievements require time.
-Maya Angelou
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
-Maya Angelou
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
-Maya Angelou
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.
-Maya Angelou
(sorry for the cussing, but it's true..)
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 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
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
-Maya Angelou
If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.
-Maya Angelou
It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
-Maya Angelou
Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
-Maya Angelou
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope.
-Maya Angelou
Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
-Maya Angelou
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.
-Maya Angelou
Nothing will work unless you do.
-Maya Angelou
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
-Maya Angelou
Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.
-Maya Angelou
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
-Maya Angelou
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
-Maya Angelou
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