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Famous quotes by maya angelou3/31/2024 Sculpt it into The image of your most public self. Women, children, men, Take it into the palms of your hands, Mold it into the shape of your most Private need. Lift up your eyes upon This day breaking for you. History, despite its wrenching pain Cannot be unlived, but if faced With courage, need not be lived again. Lift up your faces, you have a piercing need For this bright morning dawning for you. I, the Rock, I the River, I the Tree I am yours-your passages have been paid. I am that Tree planted by the River, Which will not be moved. You, the Turk, the Arab, the Swede, the German, the Eskimo, the Scot, You the Ashanti, the Yoruba, the Kru, bought, Sold, stolen, arriving on the nightmare Praying for a dream. You, who gave me my first name, you, Pawnee, Apache, Seneca, you Cherokee Nation, who rested with me, then Forced on bloody feet, Left me to the employment of Other seekers-desperate for gain, Starving for gold. Plant yourself beside the River.Įach of you, descendant of some passed On traveller, has been paid for. They hear the first and last of every Tree Speak to humankind today. So say the Asian, the Hispanic, the Jew The African, the Native American, the Sioux, The Catholic, the Muslim, the French, the Greek The Irish, the Rabbi, the Priest, the Sheik, The Gay, the Straight, the Preacher, The privileged, the homeless, the Teacher. There is a true yearning to respond to The singing River and the wise Rock. Before cynicism was a bloody sear across your Brow and when you yet knew you still Knew nothing. Come, Clad in peace, and I will sing the songs The Creator gave to me when I and the Tree and the rock were one. Yet today I call you to my riverside, If you will study war no more. Your armed struggles for profit Have left collars of waste upon My shore, currents of debris upon my breast. It says, Come, rest here by my side.Įach of you, a bordered country, Delicate and strangely made proud, Yet thrusting perpetually under siege. The Rock cries out to us today, you may stand upon me, But do not hide your face.Īcross the wall of the world, A River sings a beautiful song. Your mouths spilling wordsĪrmed for slaughter. You, created only a little lower than The angels, have crouched too long in The bruising darkness Have lain too long Face down in ignorance. I will give you no hiding place down here. Life is a journey, to be enjoyed every step of the way.A Rock, A River, A Tree Hosts to species long since departed, Marked the mastodon, The dinosaur, who left dried tokens Of their sojourn here On our planet floor, Any broad alarm of their hastening doom Is lost in the gloom of dust and ages.īut today, the Rock cries out to us, clearly, forcefully, Come, you may stand upon my Back and face your distant destiny, But seek no haven in my shadow. Love is the great conqueror and all we really need. Maya Angelou Quotes On Living Courageously It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. Love who you are, where you are and you are home. I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. Maya Angelou Quotes On Living Courageouslyīeing of service to others is one of life’s greatest gifts.ġ1. If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. There is no such thing as wasted kindness. 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. Hard work is the bridge between talent and success. If you’re always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be. Letting the world see what you have can seem scary, but don’t ever let that fear stop you from doing what you love. There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Life will challenge you, but it does not need to break you. We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. Maya Angelou Quotes On Living Courageouslyĭo it with style, do it with grace and most of all do it with a smile! 5. My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour, and some style.
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