I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.
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Related I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African s... MAYA ANGELOU YOU ARE TOLD TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF, BUT I SAY LOVE THEM MORE THAN YOU LOVE YOURSELF FOR... STEPHEN .R. ANYAEGBU Grey, just breathe. I love you. Unless you can tell me, without lying, that you dont love me back, ... JASINDA WILDER people dont know you till they meet you. dont smile if you dont want to, dont be a false person, don... CAROLINA JANETTE GOMEZ GONZALEZ Dont trust the person you like. But, always like the person you trust. VINAYAN People live for eating,but
I eat for survive OM BENIWAL Love is a stranger and dont Live here,, and it dont even Visit KALUM JOHNSON (KDOG) dont be too confident when someone tells you they love you, the real question is UNTIL WHEN? becoz j... NIESA AMOR IBARRA "Dont forget me" says love.
"Forget me if you have to" says true love............ PRABHA True love is you. You cant love someone else if you dont love yourself.. Get to know yourself. NERISSA IRVING Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed b... MICHAEL N. CASTLE i dont like when people say you know when they are in the middle of telling you something to me it g... DALLY SALAD A university professor set an examination question in which he asked what is the difference between ... RICHARD PRATT Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt. NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU Love has no boundries except for those who will not let themselves be loved... open your heart and l... BRIAN PENNINGTON I love him more than clothes if that's not true love than I dont know what is ELENA GABRIELLA MUNGUIA You can love her with everything you have and she still wont belong to you. She will run wild with y... NIKKI ROWE dont let the old break you; let the love make you BERTRAND RUSSELL Dont envy those who found love fast, they probably closed an eye to many things that you wouldnt and... AMELIA.W Love me or Hate me,but plz dont use me. SHUBHAM CHAVAN You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer. I DONT KNOW If you dont love somebody, it gets annoying if they tell you what to do or what to feel. When you lo... DONALD MILLER To trust someone you must firstly remember that it is a two way street that will go all the way if y... GARY F EVANS... I breathe you, dream, feel, taste your existance.But you leave me cold at night.Drowning in my own w... TANICA S HALL I am society's child, this is how they made me, and now I'm saying what's on my mind and they dont w... TUPAC SHAKUR When people tell you who they are, Maya Angelou famously advised, believe them. Just as importantly,... MARIA POPOVA How can someone ask you to show your full potential when their actions bring out the worst in you.Fo... TANICA S HALL yepp it's ok, i know you dont care at all, but i still have to make you smile, cause i love seeing y... ABHIYANDA B. I need you here with me we look for our love but we dont find it im searching and searching, I reall... SELENA GóMEZ I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER People say love can be developed, but in the end only person you love is themselves. that’s why yo... AI YAZAWA I think I want your love but what I really want is for you to trust me and need me which ultimately ... CARL WHITE Whats the point of changing everything about your lover? you dont love them entirely for who they ar... AMIR RIVEROLL With so many people in the world i am confident in saying, if you connect with someone on a soul lev... NIKKI ROWE I love funny people, and when I'm with funny people, or people who are amusing in their weirdnes... PAUL FEIG Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural he... MAYA ANGELOU there is [...] a last even of last times of saying if you do not love me I shall not be lo... SAMUEL BECKETT Dont GiVe UP iF U StIll WaNna TrY* DonT WIpE YOUR TeARS IF YOU StiLL WANT TO Cry DON'T SET... TRENT REZNOR When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like... CAROL CHANNING I dont write books so that you can be fascinated with me. I write them so you can be fascinated with... STEVE MARABOLI There was a possibility that God really did love me, me Maya Angelou. I suddenly began to cry at the... MAYA ANGELOU It is not 'I trust because I love you'. It is 'I love you because I trust you'. EPHDAN (With people) if you want to save time, dont be efficient. With people, slow is
fast and fast is slo... STEPHEN COVEY There is no credit to being a comedian, when you have the whole Government working for you. All you ... WILL ROGERS Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a na... MAYA ANGELOU I dont want the kind of love thats in movies, I want my own kind, LYNDSEY ANN-MARIE SHEPARD I dont believe knowing can save us. What is constant in history is greed and foolishness and a ... CORMAC MCCARTHY Soft you day, be velvet soft, My true love approaches, Look you bright, you dusty sun, <... MAYA ANGELOU You should be true to the person you were. Dont try to apply the person you are now to the past. TRIPP MILLICAN Maya Angelou is a very prolific writer. You can read her stuff down once and sort of walk away, but ... STANLEY CLARKE I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about f... CORMAC MCCARTHY Let me tell you, you either have chemistry or you don't, and you better have it, or it's like kissin... DEB CALETTI when im mad i usually punch a wall but that doesnt work so when your mad you dont need to punch a wa... DALLY SALAD I wanted to tell you that I just--I miss you. And maybe that sounds ridiculous--like we barely know ... TAMMARA WEBBER I know you want her back, kid. And I know that people saying things like 'there are plenty more fish... KRYSTAL SUTHERLAND i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL Life is just a bowl of cherries, dont take it serious, its mysterious. Life is just a bowl of cherri... BOB FOSSE It is not 'I trust you because I love you'. It is rather the reverse 'I love you because I trust you... EPHDAN You do not boo an Olympic Gold Medalist. I'm the best in the world. I came here for you. You dont' b... KURT ANGLE I don't know how much longer I'll be around. I'll probably be writing when the Lord says... MAYA ANGELOU You should be convinced of the authenticity of what you have, but you must also be humble enough to ... MITCH ALBOM If i was to tell you how much i miss you words would overwhelm me all i can say is every beat of my ... ATONG TULBA No person alive today is smarter than you.If you dont think that is the case,ask the dead. FERNAND ROBERT RIVARD I love when you get to work with people you know because there's so much more trust, and you'... MALIN AKERMAN I know this isn’t a conventional love story. I know there are all sorts of reasons I shouldn’t e... JOJO MOYES They told me it's a very dangerous subject, but when you fall in love something, you must be brave, ... ROBERTO BENIGNI Life is a game and true love is a trophy. RUFUS WAINWRIGHT I taught him, 'he quavered, "to trust in love. I said:'when love comes, that is reality.' I said: 'P... E.M. FORSTER Eat cheese and do a u-turn but if you dont like cheese dont eat cheese and do a u-turn KATIE BAVISTER A person who understands you very well, will either fall in love with you or feel sorry for you. I h... EPHDAN That's what real love amounts to- letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for wh... JIM MORRISON A trust worthy person who hope for an good expectation sets love to be greatest BOAZ AKUDE I feel very honored that I got a chance to work with Maya Angelou and Oprah Winfrey. STANLEY CLARKE Which is when I decided I would never love anyone again because you just felt like an idiot when you... KAREN TAYLEUR Be careful who you take advice from. People love when you fall for deception. Only a true friend wil... TROY GATHERS What am I wearing? Hmmm, I'd love to tell you something slinky and sexy, but usually it's an old T-s... AISHA TYLER People will talk down on you to build themselves up,People will point the fingers at your past as if... TANICA S HALL I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone, but I can tell you what it is for me; love is kno... DAVID HARKINS I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone, but I can tell you what it is for me; love is kno... JUDY GARLAND Never be afraid to love. Just be careful who you love. CARLOS WALLACE I say I dont sleep with married men, but what I mean is that I dont sleep with happily married men. BRITT EKLAND The man is moody as hell.” “I am not moody —” “Yeah, bro.” K... TAHEREH MAFI I just dont know how...to think less. If you know how, then teach me... AISHAH MADADIY I tell people: 'Do what you love, but it can also be hard to know what you love early on. But wh... BRAD D. SMITH Regardless of who you are or who you like, love is love. DAN FEUERRIEGEL Dont look back in anger, I heard you say... OASIS You ask me why I don’t love you, but surely you must believe I am very fond of you and if to desir... JAMES JOYCE Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its desti... JOY LINCOLN When you are a person people can trust, they will call on upon you, love to be around you and work w... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I've conducted the Boston Pops! Imagine that! Me! Maya Angelou! I've sang and danced at La S... MAYA ANGELOU There is a land that I can go to When I have time to rest. All the people I love are there ... MARIANNE FAITHFULL I love my heritage! I have my mother, who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I ha... ALICIA KEYS I'm only me. That is all I can be. No more, no
less, dont second guess. I love, I live, I laugh, I
c... OLASOT Dont force noone to see your worth, it doesnt matter how much you love them, love yourself first, ev... JHERRERA When people come to me saying they want to kill themselves, I tell them, “What’s your rush? You ... EMIL M. CIORAN Be careful who you trust, the devil was once an angel. ZIAD K. ABDELNOUR People think that they are untouchable, but you will probably find that there lives are built around... GARY F EVANS... People use the word 'love' a lot of different ways. Take me, for instance. I am often heard saying t... MARY BETH BONACCI I wish I could help you" I whisper. You are," he murmurs against my knee. "just dont leave me, ... SIMONE ELKELES EVERYONE IS A KING OR QUEEN, YOU DONT NEED A CROWN TO SHOW IT. GENEREUX PHILIP
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MAYA ANGELOU I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scrip... MAYA ANGELOU When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. MAYA ANGELOU I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I... MAYA ANGELOU You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot -... MAYA ANGELOU I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself ... MAYA ANGELOU If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. MAYA ANGELOU It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is... MAYA ANGELOU If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. MAYA ANGELOU All great achievements require time. MAYA ANGELOU Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. MAYA ANGELOU You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I ... MAYA ANGELOU I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it. MAYA ANGELOU Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older. T... MAYA ANGELOU There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more ... MAYA ANGELOU I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind. MAYA ANGELOU I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people ... MAYA ANGELOU It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. MAYA ANGELOU We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can... MAYA ANGELOU I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life. MAYA ANGELOU I work very hard, and I play very hard. I'm grateful for life. And I live it - I believe life lo... MAYA ANGELOU I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression. MAYA ANGELOU I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. MAYA ANGELOU The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else'... MAYA ANGELOU Information helps you to see that you're not alone. That there's somebody in Mississippi and... MAYA ANGELOU Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessi... MAYA ANGELOU One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we can... MAYA ANGELOU If we don't plant the right things, we will reap the wrong things. It goes without saying. And y... MAYA ANGELOU History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived... MAYA ANGELOU I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaki... MAYA ANGELOU What humility does for one is it reminds us that there are people before me. I have already been pai... MAYA ANGELOU Cooking certain dishes, like roast pork, reminds me of my mother. MAYA ANGELOU We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. MAYA ANGELOU