PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."



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Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.



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



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



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I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.



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



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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.



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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.



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The needs of society determine its ethics.



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There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.



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The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.



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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.



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I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,

When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,

When he beats his bars and he would be free;

It is not a carol of joy or glee,

But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core.





~ Maya Angelou ~