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Quote by Maya Angelou

“You don't have to tell everything you know, but let what you do say be the truth as you understand it.”

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Maya Angelou was an American author, poet, playwright, actress, and lecturer, known for her profound exploration of race, gender, and culture in her work. Her autobiographical works, including 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' which detailed her early life of poverty and sexual exploitation, have gained widespread acclaim. more

“I am convinced that courage is the most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue consistently. You can be kind for a while; you can be generous for a while; you can be just for a while, or merciful for a while, even loving for a while. But it is only with courage that you can be persistently and insistently kind and generous and fair.”

Kind Important Practice Virtue Fairs Convinced Generous Be Kind Consistently Merciful

Author:Maya Angelou

“This is my life. it is my one time to be me. i want to experience every good thing.”

Want Life Good Things Very Good One Time

Author:Maya Angelou

“Life is a gift, and i try to respond with grace and courtesy.”

Life Trying Life Is Grace Courtesy Try Again Life Is A Gift

Book:Conversations with Maya Angelou

Source: Conversations with Maya Angelou

“I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South, all the way up until I walked up the steps of the New York City library, I always felt, in any town, if I can get to a library, I'll be okay. It really helped me as a child, and that never left me. So I have a special place for every library, in my heart of hearts.”