Download or read book Maya Angelou Quotes Collection Biography Achievements And Life Lessons written by Quotes Metaverse and published by Companion Books Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-06 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MAYA ANGELOU - QUOTES COLLECTION BIOGRAPHY, ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIFE LESSONS ABOUT MAYA ANGELOU Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Annie Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, was an extraordinary American poet, memoirist, actress, and civil rights activist. Her life's journey, marked by resilience, creativity, and a commitment to social justice, left an indelible mark on literature and society. QUOTES SAMPLES: "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." "The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free." "We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated." "You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive." "Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage." "If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love."

Download or read book Voltaire Quotes Collection Biography Achievements And Life Lessons written by Quotes Metaverse and published by Companion Books Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-06 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VOLTAIRE - QUOTES COLLECTION BIOGRAPHY, ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIFE LESSONS ABOUT VOLTAIRE François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was born on November 21, 1694, in Paris, France. The youngest of five children, he grew up in a middle-class family with a father who was a notary and a mother from a noble family. Despite a traditional education, Voltaire exhibited a sharp intellect and a wit that would later define his literary works. QUOTES SAMPLES: "It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." "God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well." "Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do." "Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe." "It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong." "Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."

Download or read book Andrew Carnegie Quotes Collection Biography Achievements And Life Lessons written by Quotes Metaverse and published by Companion Books Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-06 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ANDREW CARNEGIE - QUOTES COLLECTION BIOGRAPHY, ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIFE LESSONS ABOUT ANDREW CARNEGIE Andrew Carnegie, the iconic industrialist, philanthropist, and one of the wealthiest individuals of his time, left an indelible mark on American history. Born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Scotland, Carnegie's story is a quintessential rags-to-riches tale, emblematic of the American Dream. QUOTES SAMPLES: "The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket." "No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it." "There is little success where there is little laughter." "People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents." "The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell." "All honor's wounds are self-inflicted."

Download or read book Winston Churchill Quotes Collection Biography Achievements And Life Lessons written by Quotes Metaverse and published by Companion Books Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-06 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINSTON CHURCHILL - QUOTES COLLECTION BIOGRAPHY, ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIFE LESSONS ABOUT WINSTON CHURCHILL Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, an iconic figure in the annals of history, was born on November 30, 1874, into the aristocratic Churchill family at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England. His early life was marked by privilege and challenges, and his indomitable spirit would later shape the course of world events during some of the most tumultuous periods of the 20th century. QUOTES SAMPLES: "If you're going through hell, keep going." "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." "Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it." "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."

Download or read book Muhammad Ali Quotes Collection Biography Achievements And Life Lessons written by Quotes Metaverse and published by Companion Books Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-06 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MUHAMMAD ALI - QUOTES COLLECTION BIOGRAPHY, ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIFE LESSONS ABOUT MUHAMMAD ALI Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, was a legendary American boxer and one of the most iconic figures in the history of sports. His life was marked by extraordinary achievements in the ring, as well as his outspoken personality, social activism, and charisma that transcended the boundaries of sports. QUOTES SAMPLES: "I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'" "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." "It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe." "I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was." "It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen." "The man who has no imagination has no wings."

Download or read book Aldous Huxley Quotes Collection Biography Achievements And Life Lessons written by Quotes Metaverse and published by Companion Books Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-06 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALDOUS HUXLEY - QUOTES COLLECTION BIOGRAPHY, ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIFE LESSONS ABOUT ALDOUS HUXLEY Aldous Leonard Huxley, born on July 26, 1894, into a family of literary and intellectual prominence, emerged as one of the most influential and visionary thinkers of the 20th century. His life spanned a tumultuous period marked by two world wars, social upheaval, and unprecedented technological advancements. Huxley, renowned for his keen intellect, prolific writing, and exploration of human consciousness, left an indelible mark on literature, philosophy, and the exploration of the human mind. QUOTES SAMPLES: "There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self." "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." "Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you." "It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'try to be a little kinder.'" "The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude."

Download or read book Alan Watts Quotes Collection Biography Achievements And Life Lessons written by Quotes Metaverse and published by Companion Books Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-06 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALAN WATTS - QUOTES COLLECTION BIOGRAPHY, ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIFE LESSONS ABOUT ALAN WATTS Alan Wilson Watts, born on January 6, 1915, in Chislehurst, Kent, England, was a prolific writer, speaker, and interpreter of Eastern philosophy for Western audiences. Throughout his life, Watts sought to bridge the gap between the ancient wisdom of the East and the modern mindset of the West, offering a unique perspective on spirituality, philosophy, and the human experience. QUOTES SAMPLES: "The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." "To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float." "I owe my solitude to other people." "No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now." "Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command." "Unless one is able to live fully in the present, the future is a hoax."

Download or read book Mark Twain Quotes Collection Biography Achievements And Life Lessons written by Quotes Metaverse and published by Companion Books Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-06 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MARK TWAIN - QUOTES COLLECTION BIOGRAPHY, ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIFE LESSONS ABOUT MARK TWAIN Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He is best known for his novels "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," which have become timeless classics of American literature. Twain's keen wit, insightful observations, and irreverent humor made him one of the most celebrated and influential figures in the literary world. QUOTES SAMPLES: "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." "Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself." "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." "Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please." "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

Download or read book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings written by Maya Angelou and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-07-21 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin From the Paperback edition.

Download or read book Mom Me Mom written by Maya Angelou and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A moving memoir about the legendary author’s relationship with her own mother. Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick! The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother. For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence—a presence absent during much of Angelou’s early life. When her marriage began to crumble, Vivian famously sent three-year-old Maya and her older brother away from their California home to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. The subsequent feelings of abandonment stayed with Angelou for years, but their reunion, a decade later, began a story that has never before been told. In Mom & Me & Mom, Angelou dramatizes her years reconciling with the mother she preferred to simply call “Lady,” revealing the profound moments that shifted the balance of love and respect between them. Delving into one of her life’s most rich, rewarding, and fraught relationships, Mom & Me & Mom explores the healing and love that evolved between the two women over the course of their lives, the love that fostered Maya Angelou’s rise from immeasurable depths to reach impossible heights. Praise for Mom & Me & Mom “Mom & Me & Mom is delivered with Angelou’s trademark good humor and fierce optimism. If any resentments linger between these lines, if lives are partially revealed without all the bitter details exposed, well, that is part of Angelou’s forgiving design. As an account of reconciliation, this little book is just revealing enough, and pretty irresistible.”—The Washington Post “Moving . . . a remarkable portrait of two courageous souls.”—People “[The] latest, and most potent, of her serial autobiographies . . . [a] tough-minded, tenderhearted addition to Angelou’s spectacular canon.”—Elle “Mesmerizing . . . Angelou has a way with words that can still dazzle us, and with her mother as a subject, Angelou has a near-perfect muse and mystery woman.”—Essence

Download or read book And Still I Rise written by Maya Angelou and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-08-17 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maya Angelou’s unforgettable collection of poetry lends its name to the documentary film about her life, And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters. Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms, The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me. Thus begins “Phenomenal Woman,” just one of the beloved poems collected here in Maya Angelou’s third book of verse. These poems are powerful, distinctive, and fresh—and, as always, full of the lifting rhythms of love and remembering. And Still I Rise is written from the heart, a celebration of life as only Maya Angelou has discovered it. “It is true poetry she is writing,” M.F.K. Fisher has observed, “not just rhythm, the beat, rhymes. I find it very moving and at times beautiful. It has an innate purity about it, unquenchable dignity. . . . It is astounding, flabbergasting, to recognize it, in all the words I read every day and night . . . it gives me heart, to hear so clearly the caged bird singing and to understand her notes.”

Download or read book Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water fore I Diiie written by Maya Angelou and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another remarkable collection of poetry from one of America's masters of the medium. The first part gathers together poems of love and nostalgic memory, while Part II portrays confrontations inherent in a racist society.

Download or read book Mequilibrium written by Jan Bruce and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2015 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The clinically proven plan to banish your burnout"--Jacket.

Download or read book On the Pulse of Morning written by Maya Angelou and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1993 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully packaged hardcover edition of the poem that captivated the nation and quickly became a national bestseller. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Download or read book Wouldn t Take Nothing for My Journey Now written by Maya Angelou and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2011-11-23 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time shares the wisdom of a remarkable life in this bestselling spiritual classic. This is Maya Angelou talking from the heart, down to earth and real, but also inspiring. This is a book to be treasured, a book about being in all ways a woman, about living well, about the power of the word, and about the power of spirituality to move and shape your life. Passionate, lively, and lyrical, Maya Angelou’s latest unforgettable work offers a gem of truth on every page. Maya Angelou speaks out . . . On Faith: “I'm taken aback when people walk up to me and tell me they are Christians. My first response is the question 'Already?' It seems to me a lifelong endeavor to try to live the life of a Christian. It is in the search itself that one finds ecstasy.” On Racism: “It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter their color.” On Taking Time for Ourselves: “Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. A day away acts as a spring tonic. It can dispel rancor, transform indecision, and renew the spirit.” On Death and Grieving: “When I sense myself filling with rage at the absence of a beloved, I try as soon as possible to remember that my concerns should be focused on what I can learn from my departed love. What legacy was left which can help me in the art of living a good life?” On Style: “Style is as unique and nontransferable and perfectly personal as a fingerprint. It is wise to take the time to develop one's own way of being, increasing those things one does well and eliminating the elements in one's character which can hinder and diminish the good personality.”

Download or read book The Gift written by Edith Eva Eger and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I will be forever changed by Edith Eger’s story.” —Oprah A practical and inspirational guide to stopping destructive patterns and imprisoning thoughts to find freedom and joy in life—now updated to address the challenges of the pandemic and a world in crisis. World renowned psychologist and internationally bestselling author, Edith Eger’s, powerful New York Times bestselling book The Choice told the story of her survival in the concentration camps, her escape, healing, and journey to freedom. Readers around the world wrote to tell her how The Choice moved them and inspired them to confront their own past and try to heal their pain. They asked her to write another, more prescriptive book. Eger’s second book, The Gift, expands on her message of healing and provides a hands-on guide that gently encourages readers to change the thoughts and behaviors that may be keeping them imprisoned in the past. Eger explains that the worst prison she experienced is not the prison that Nazis put her in but the one she created for herself: the prison within her own mind. She describes the most pervasive imprisoning beliefs she has known—including fear, grief, anger, secrets, stress, guilt, shame, and avoidance—and the tools she has discovered to deal with these universal challenges. These lessons are offered through riveting and inspiring stories from her life and the lives of her patients. This new, revised edition of The Gift contains two new chapters that examine the invaluable insights and lessons Edie learned during the Covid-19 pandemic; a time she used to rediscover freedom even in lockdown and to enjoy the simple pleasures of life, including preparing and sharing meals with the ones we love. Edie includes recipes for some of her favorite dishes which have been updated and tested by her daughter Marianne Engle and explains how food can be a deep expression of love and connection. As readers seek to find joy and some peace in these challenging times, Eger’s wisdom and heartfelt advice is as timely, and timeless, as ever and certain to resonate with Eger’s devoted readers and those who have not yet found her transformational wisdom. Filled with empathy, insight, and humor, The Gift captures the vulnerability and common challenges we all face and provides encouragement and advice for breaking out of our personal prisons to find healing and greater joy in life.

Download or read book Celebrations written by Maya Angelou and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-09-07 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace, dignity, and eloquence have long been hallmarks of Maya Angelou’s poetry. Her measured verses have stirred our souls, energized our minds, and healed our hearts. Whether offering hope in the darkest of nights or expressing sincere joy at the extraordinariness of the everyday, Maya Angelou has served as our common voice. Celebrations is a collection of timely and timeless poems that are an integral part of the global fabric. Several works have become nearly as iconic as Angelou herself: the inspiring “On the Pulse of Morning,” read at President William Jefferson Clinton’s 1993 inauguration; the heartening “Amazing Peace,” presented at the 2005 lighting of the National Christmas Tree at the White House; “A Brave and Startling Truth,” which marked the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations; and “Mother,” which beautifully honors the first woman in our lives. Angelou writes of celebrations public and private, a bar mitzvah wish to her nephew, a birthday greeting to Oprah Winfrey, and a memorial tribute to the late Luther Vandross and Barry White. More than a writer, Angelou is a chronicler of history, an advocate for peace, and a champion for the planet, as well as a patriot, a mentor, and a friend. To be shared and cherished, the wisdom and poetry of Maya Angelou proves there is always cause for celebration.