I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better
American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows.
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over
I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it
Never confuse movement with action
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done
The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend
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