I have been taking the time to read things of encouragement every day. Sometimes it isn't easy. Sometimes I want to take encouragement and tell it to go away, but on those days I know I need to read it more than others. Not the kind of encouragment like a pat on the back for a good job, or things of that nature. The kind of encouragement that is good for the soul and helps you understand why you believe the things you do. I have been reading Max Lucado some nights, but tonight, after a long LOOOOoooNG day at work I read my favorite little lady. Maya Angelou. Such a great way to end my evening.... a smile on my face. So, I decided to post some of the quotes I read tonight from her. I hope you like them as much as I.
Quotes by Maya Angelou

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you.”

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”

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.”

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.”

“i can be changed by what happens to me. but i refuse to be reduced by it.”

“love life, engage in it, give it all you've got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it”

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.”

“I’ve learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life."”

“i believe the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare”