"The dread of futility has been my..." - Quote by Maya Angelou

“One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.”

“Be courageous, but not foolhardy. Walk proud as you are.”

“Open your eyes to the beauty around you, open your mind to the wonders of life, open your heart to those who love you, and always be true to yourself.”

“So you see how endlessly futile and fruitless it would be if we wanted to refute their objections every time they obstinately resolved not to think through what they say but merely to speak, just so long as they contradict our arguments in any way they can.”

“There is no use in your walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being just as unsuccessful near home.”

“To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.”

“This-the immediate, everyday, and present experience-is IT, the entire and ultimate point for the existence of a universe.”

“I suppose an entire cabinet of shells would be an expression of the whole human mind; a Flora of the whole globe would be so likewise, or a history of beasts; or a painting of all the aspects of the clouds. Everything is significant.”

“Instead of asking, “what do I want from life?,” a more powerful question is, “what does life want from me?”