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People trying to separate people rather than bring us together... please. You don't just see it in America. It's all over the world.
It's hard because people think they have something to lose and the truth is they have everything to gain in trying to love somebody.
When I forgive other people, I let them go, I free them from my ignorance. And as soon as I do, I feel lighter, brighter and better.
I was a dancer for many years. I was a premier dancer with 'Porgy and Bess,' the opera. And I taught dance some, in different places.
Take the blinders from your vision take the padding from your ears and confess you've heard me crying and admit you've seen my tears.
I might have it at six-fifteen a.m. just as soon as I get in, but usually it's about eleven o'clock when I'll have a glass of sherry.
Don't get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that - if you dare. But get older because it's fun!
My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.
There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.
I have heard it said that winter, too, will pass, that spring is a sign that summer is due at last. See, all we have to do is hang on.
I suggest that the great art belongs to all people, all the time--that indeed it is made for the people, by the people, to the people.
It's wonderful that whenever Patsy Cline's name is mentioned, people's voices fall and they become right sentimental. And, rightly so.
The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world.
Courage, I don't think anybody is born with courage. I think you may be born with a flair to braggadocio, you know. That's not courage.
When the human race neglects its weaker members, when the family neglects its weakest one - it's the first blow in a suicidal movement.
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
You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!
At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.
We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.
A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.
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.
It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how we are more alike than we are different.
My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.
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.
The human heart is so delicate and sensitive that it always needs some tangible encouragement to prevent it from faltering in its labour.
In order to win, we pay with energy and effort and discipline. If we lose, we pay in disappointment, discontent, and lack of fulfillment.
I write some country music. There's a song called 'I Hope You Dance.' Incredible. I was going to write that poem; somebody beat me to it.
You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.
It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.
Continue to plant a kiss of concern on the cheek of the sick and the aged and infirm and count that actions as natural and to be expected.
Courage allows the successful woman to fail - and to learn powerful lessons from the failure - so that in the end, she didn't fail at all.
I want to be representative of my race-the human race. I have a chance to show how kind we can be, how intelligent and generous we can be.
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
Everyone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. You have to admit you're the funniest person you've ever heard of.
There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in Black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet.
I am a woman phenomenally, phenomenal woman that is your grandmother, that is your mother, that is your sister, that is you and that is me.
Though I do manage to mumble around in about seven or eight languages, English remains the most beautiful of languages. It will do anything.
I have need of a friend. There is one and only one who will give the air from his failing lungs for my body's mend. And that one is my love.
He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style. We had him whether we know who he was or did not know, he was ours and we were his.
I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think is the right thing, I will not do it.
Continue to be bold, courageous. Try to choose the wisest thing and once you've chosen the wisest thing go out and try to achieve it. Be it.
Money and power can liberate only if they are used to do so. They can imprison and inhibit more finally than barred windows and iron chains.
Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.
My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring still.
We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat, so that we can know who we are.
You forgive yourself for every failure because you are trying to do the right thing. God knows that and you know it. Nobody else may know it.
A cynical young person is almost the saddest sight to see, because it means that he or she has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
You might encounter defeats but you must never be defeated... Love a lot. Laugh a lot at the silliest things and be very serious... love life.
Everybody in the world wants the same thing...to be needed...a job that he/she can do well...to love somebody...Everybody...There's no mystery.
Try, start always at home. This is my encouragement to all writers, start at home. All virtues and vices begin at home, and then spread abroad.