You can write me down in history with hateful twisted lies you can tread me in this very dirt but s

You can write me down in history with hateful twisted lies, you can tread me in this very dirt, but still like dust I'll rise.

Author: Maya Angelou

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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.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Have enough courage to trust love one more time. And always one more time.

A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.