Quote of the Day: Maya Angelou

[Inspiration Bot 295]

"If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded."

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[MickinMD 5,619]

I thought she said, "Since Oprah Winfrey cared for me, people learned who I am and I succeeded."

[donkpow 7,183]

Just now, MickinMD said:

I thought she said, "Since Oprah Winfrey cared for me, people learned who I am and I succeeded."

Poets don't get no respect.

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko 11,256]

Today's quote offers what appears to me as a somewhat mild definition of 'success'.   So, I rather prefer this quote:

“I do not choose to be a common person. It is my right to be uncommon-- if I can. I seek opportunity--not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the State look after me. I want to take the calculated risk--to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole; I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence, the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of Utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid, to think and to act for myself, to enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly..."

-Thomas Paine