"We need to not be in denial..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
We need to not be in denial about what we've done, what we've come through. It will help us if we all do that.
More by Maya Angelou
“Out of the huts of history's shame I rise.”
“Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in somebody's footsteps.'”
“Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.”
More on Self Awareness
“One of my biggest flaws is I don't take advice.”
“Brutes find out where their talents lie; a bear will not attempt to fly.”
“When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.”
More on Acceptance
“I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he realizes that he's gone just about as far as talent or fortune will take him. The dream will not happen, and he now faces the choice of accepting this fact like a grownup and moving on to more sensible pursuits, or refusing the truth and ending up bitter, quarrelsome, and slightly pathetic.”
“Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.”
“There is hardly any personal defect... which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to.”