Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.
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Maya AngelouGather Together in My Name (1974)
About Maya Angelou
American poet and memoirist, author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. (1928-2014)
More from Maya Angelou
- Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou (2014)
- My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.Facebook post (July 4, 2011)
- You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.Letter to My Daughter (2009)
- Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.Interview in USA Today (March 5, 1988)
- You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.1982 interview, in Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989)
- If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.A Brave and Startling Truth (1995)
More quotes on mindset
- Most people are other people. Their thoughts are some one else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.Oscar Wilde
- This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.William Shakespeare
- We know what we are, but know not what we may be.William Shakespeare
- There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.William Shakespeare
- The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.William Shakespeare
- Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.Ernest Hemingway
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