"All great acheivements require time...." - Quote by Maya Angelou

“I would say you might encounter many defeats but you must never be defeated, ever. In fact, it might even be necessary to confront defeat. It might be necessary, to get over it, all the way through it, and go on. I would teach her to laugh a lot. Laugh a lot at the - and the silliest things and be very, very serious. I'd teach her to love life, I can bet you that.”

“jealousy is conceived only in insecurity and must be nourished in fear.”

“Every day offers you 10,000 reasons to cry, but if you can find just one reason to laugh then you will be all right.”

“When you're singing you can hear the echo of people in the audience singing every single word with you, and that was that big dream that I had for myself. It's happening.”

“What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?”

“Great is the man who can overcome theworld, but greater still is the man who canovercome himself, for he will have the worldspinning on the palm of his hand.”

“Until the juice ferments a while in the cask, it isn't wine. If you wish your heart to be bright, you must do a little work.”

“Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never never gets done as soon as you wish it would.”

“Wall must get the weather stain Before they grow the ivy.”