Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.
Maya AngelouWe must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.
Maya AngelouBy no amount of agile exercising of a wistful imagination could my mother have been called lenient. Generous she was; indulgent never. Kind, yes, permissive, never. In her world, people she accepted paddled their own canoes, pulled their own weight, put their own shoulders to their own plows and pushed like hell.
Maya Angelou