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#1

“There is no music in hell, for all good music belongs to heaven.”
― Brigham Young

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#2

“Learn to be good for something.”
― Brigham Young

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#3

“Pray as though everything depended on the Lord and work as though everything depended on you.”
― Brigham Young

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#4

“Mend it, fix it, make do, or do without.”
― Brigham Young University

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#5

“If the Devil says you cannot pray when you are angry, tell him it is none of his business, and pray until that species of insanity is dispelled and serenity is restored to the mind. (p. 175)”
― Brigham Young et al, Journal of Discurses, Volume 10

tags: brigham-young, prayer

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#6

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: inspiration

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#7

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: loneliness, music, refuge

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#8

“If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?”
― Maya Angelou

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#9

“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: attributed, attributed-no-source, education, intelligence, knowledge, unsourced

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#10

“A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: inspirational

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#11

“Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!”
― Maya Angelou

tags: inspirational

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#12

“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
― Maya Angelou

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#13

“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: ambition, inspirational, wisdom

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#14

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: books, inspirational, library

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#15

“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!”
― Maya Angelou

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#16

“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

tags: humor, inspirational, life

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#17

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: character, consistency, courage, determination, essence, ethos, fortitude, goodness, inspiration, life-lessons, persistence, resolve, self-reliance, strength, virtue, virtues

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#18

“I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: 1997, annie-clark-tanner-lecture

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