My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive;... - Maya Angelou
"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."
More quotes by Maya Angelou
"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."
"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."
"If I'm the people's poet, then I ought to be in people's hands - and, I hope, in their heart."
"Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life."
"Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again."