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Maya Angelou He was an influential poet, writer, actor, singer, and dancer who lived from April 4, 1928 to May 28, 2014. MayaShe has received more than 50 honorary degrees. She is also known for her 7 autobiographies that focus on her childhood experiences and her adult life.
In 2010, she received one of the country’s highest honors when President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Maya Angelou’s life represented confidence, contribution, and perseverance. Her wisdom will be treasured for many years.
These are some our top picks Maya Angelou quotesYou are amazing! Her words mix poetry with straight talk. Her messages transcend race and generation. You”ll find Maya AngelouQuotes about life, love and happiness, courage, friendship, education, and many other topics. Enjoy!
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1. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
2. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
3. “My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.” – Maya Angelou
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4. “While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation.” – Maya Angelou
5. “LoveIt recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” – Maya Angelou
6. “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.” – Maya Angelou
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7. “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” – Maya Angelou
8. “If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.”– Maya Angelou
9. “Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou
10. “You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Every experience has an impact on us all. I strive to make my life positive..” – Maya Angelou
11. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
12. “One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. We cannot be consistent in practicing any virtue without courage. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” – Maya Angelou
13. “A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.” – Maya Angelou
14. “Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.”– Maya Angelou
15. “My life has been one great big joke, a dance that’s walked, a song that’s spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.” – Maya Angelou
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16. “You can’t forgive without loving. And I don’t mean sentimentality. I don’t mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, ‘I forgive. I’m finished with it.”‘ – Maya Angelou
17. “All great achievements require time.” – Maya Angelou
18. “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” – Maya Angelou
19. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” – Maya Angelou
20. “Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.” – Maya Angelou
21. “I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.” – Maya Angelou
22. “It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.” – Maya Angelou
23. “I work very hard, and I play very hard. I’m grateful for life. It is my life. I believe that life loves it. I live it.” – Maya Angelou
24. “If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.” – Maya Angelou
25. “I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.” – Maya Angelou
26. “LoveIt’s like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.” – Maya Angelou
27. When I pray, I know something amazing happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I’m praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I’m grateful that I’m heard. – Maya Angelou
28. I’ve found that, in addition to its other benefits giving frees the soul of the giver. – Maya Angelou
29. It is possible to learn to see and accept each other, and also recognize the similarities between us. – Maya Angelou
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30. My life has been very long. I believe life loves the liver. – Maya Angelou
31. Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ‘I’m with you kid. Let’s go.’ – Maya Angelou
32 I believe everyone is born with talent. – Maya Angelou
33. At fifty, I realized who I was. It was like I was finally waking up to my true self. – Maya Angelou
34. The birth of my son has been my greatest blessing. My second greatest blessing is my ability to make people feel like children. – Maya Angelou
35 I love the song ‘I Hope You Dance’ by Lee Ann Womack. I was going to make that song, but someone beat my plan. – Maya Angelou
36. In all my work, I try to say, ‘You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?’– Maya Angelou
37. I know that the love that saves me is there to save us all. – Maya Angelou
38. Loving someone is a way to free the loved one as well as the lover. That kind of love comes with the passage of time. – Maya Angelou
39. Everybody has a story. And everyone is funny, if they are willing to admit it. You have to admit you’re the funniest person you’ve ever heard of. – Maya Angelou
40. My life’s mission is to not only survive but thrive. I do this with passion, compassion, humor and style. – Maya Angelou
41 Although I wrote some of my worst poetry, I still wrote. It was sometimes a good thing that I got it right. – Maya Angelou
42 Although you may not be able to control all events, you can make a decision not to let them affect you.– Maya Angelou
43. Courage – you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn’t want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself. – Maya Angelou
44 I believe each one of us is from the Creator, with wisps and glory.– Maya Angelou
45 Nothing can succeed like success. You can have a little success and then you will get more. – Maya Angelou
46 A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. – Maya Angelou
47 Don’t get older just to get wiser. You will become wiser as you age, if you dare. But get older because it’s funPlease! – Maya Angelou
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48 Respect is something I hold dear to my heart and demand it from others. It is something I do, and it shows in my actions. – Maya Angelou
49. It’s a simple truth that you can’t fail to remember: Give what it is worth. You can learn if you teach. You can’t do anything with that except do it. – Maya Angelou
50 There’s something which impels us to show our inner souls. We are more successful in explaining what we know the more brave we are. – Maya Angelou
51 While we love the beauty of the butterfly’s wings, we rarely acknowledge the sacrifices it made to attain that beauty. – Maya Angelou
52 Do your best until you learn better. When you are sure, improve. – Maya Angelou
53. Being a woman is something I am thankful for. I am sure that I did something amazing in another life. – Maya Angelou
54 You should strive for patience and passion. The temple will not be built by patience alone. Only passion can destroy the walls. – Maya Angelou
55 I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. – Maya Angelou
56 Do not make someone your priority if all they have is you. – Maya Angelou
57. I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn. – Maya Angelou
58. I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. – Maya Angelou
59. Believe someone the first time they show you who they really are. – Maya Angelou
60 If you’re always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be. – Maya Angelou
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61 “Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence—neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish—it is an imponderably valuable gift.”― Maya Angelou
62. “I did then what I knew best, when I knew better, I did better.”― Maya Angelou
63. “Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible…We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”― Maya Angelou
64 “Let nothing dim the light that shines from within.”― Maya Angelou
65 “I find relief from the questions only when I concede that I am not obliged to know everything. I remind myself it is sufficient to know what I know, and that what I know, may not always be true.”― Maya Angelou
66. “In all my work what I try to say is that as human beings we are more alike than we are unalike.”― Maya Angelou
67 “Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.”― Maya Angelou
68. “I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music.”― Maya Angelou
69. “No human being can be more human than another human being. I liberate you from my ignorance.” ― Maya Angelou
70 “All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us all that we are more alike than we are unalike.”― Maya Angelou
71 “Faith is the evidence of the unseen.”― Maya Angelou
72 “All knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.”― Maya Angelou
73. “Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it.”― Maya Angelou
74. “Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.”― Maya Angelou
75 “I hope you always find a reason to smile.”― Maya Angelou
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76. “You can’t get too high for somebody to bring you down.”― Maya Angelou
77. “This a a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.”― Maya Angelou
78 “There is nothing a person can’t do, and there should be nothing a human being didn’t care about. It was the most positive encouragement I could have hoped for.”― Maya Angelou
79. “Every day I awaken I am grateful. I want to be completely present every day. And laugh as much as possible.”― Maya Angelou
80 “There is nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic, because it means the person has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.”― Maya Angelou
81 “I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.”― Maya Angelou
82. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it.” ― Maya Angelou
83. “They may have forgotten how badly they treated you, or they may pretend that they have forgotten. But watch: They will come back to you.”― Maya Angelou
84. “I looked up the way I was going and back the way I come and since I wasn’t satisfied I stepped off and [found] me a new path.”― Maya Angelou
85 “The only way out of something is all the way through it.”― Maya Angelou
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86 “I had to trust life, since I was young enough to believe that life loved the person who dared to live it.”― Maya Angelou
87 “The woman who truly intends to live a good life is already living phenomenally since intent is part of the achievement.”― Maya Angelou
88. “I’m happy…I laugh as much as I can and cry when I have to, without apology. I think that’s happy.”― Maya Angelou
89 “Always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.”― Maya Angelou
90 “On this platform of peace, we can create a language to translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other.”― Maya Angelou
91. “Believe people when they tell you who they are. They know themselves better than you.”― Maya Angelou
92. “I wish we could stop the little lies. I don’t mean that one has to be brutally frank. I don’t believe that we should be brutal about anything, however, it is wonderfully liberating to be honest. One does not have to tell all that one knows, but we should be careful what we say is the truth.” ― Maya Angelou
93. “The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.”― Maya Angelou
94 “Your reputation is the most important thing you’ll ever have. It’s not clothes or money. If your reputation is good, you can achieve anything you want in the world.”― Maya Angelou
95. “Although I had no regrets, I told myself sadly that growing up was not the painless process one would have thought it to be.”― Maya Angelou
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96 “I created myself. I have taught myself so much.” – Maya Angelou
97 “I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.” – Maya Angelou
98. “I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.” – Maya Angelou
99. “Human beings are like some plants. If we pause a few seconds in our journey, we begin setting down roots, tendrils that entangle other people as we ourselves are entangled.” ― Maya Angelou
100. “I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love.” – Maya Angelou
101. “Do the best you can do till you know better. Then, when you know better, do better.” ― Maya Angelou
102. “It’s hard because people think they have something to lose and the truth is they have everything to gain in trying to love somebody.” – Maya Angelou
103. “I learned that to be charitable with gestures and words can bring enormous joy and repair injured feelings.” ― Maya Angelou
104. “I’m here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I’m at, then I go forward to the next place.” – Maya Angelou
105 “Peace means when there is conflict, use our common sense and our compassion to consider rest of humanity, our human brothers and sisters.”― Maya Angelou
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106 “What is a fear of living? It’s being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing the things you were meant to do. You can take full responsibility for what you do and how you spend it. If you don’t know what you’re here to do, then just do some good.” – Maya Angelou
107 “We begin to stop in order simply to begin again.” ― Maya Angelou
108 “There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.”- Maya Angelou
109. “Take as much time as you need to make up your mind, but once it is made up, step out on your decision like it’s something you want.”― Maya Angelou
110. “If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?” – Maya Angelou
111 “It’s hard to make the prettiest clothes fit a miserable man.” ― Maya Angelou
112. “I have respect for the past, but I’m a person of the moment.” – Maya Angelou
113. “We must insist that the men and women who expect to lead us recognize the true desires of those who are being led.”― Maya Angelou
114 “If you must look back, do so forgivingly. Prayerfully look forward if you are going to be looking back. But the wisest course would be to be present in the present gratefully.” – Maya Angelou
115 “In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”― Maya Angelou
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116 “Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.” ― Maya Angelou
117. “I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.” ― Maya Angelou
118 “Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.” ― Maya Angelou
119. “This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.” ― Maya Angelou
120 “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” ― Maya Angelou
121. “Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself.” ― Maya Angelou
122. “The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.” ― Maya Angelou
123. “I note the obvious differences between each sort and type, but we are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.” ― Maya Angelou
124 “Bitterness is like cancer. It devours the host. Anger is like a fire. It burns it all clean.” ― Maya Angelou
125 “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” ― Maya Angelou
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126 “Intelligence always had a pornographic influence on me.”― Maya Angelou
127 “There is a true yearning to respond to the singing river and wise rock.”― Maya Angelou
128. “I learned that a friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” ― Maya Angelou
129 “When you learn, teach. When you get, give.”― Maya Angelou
130 “It was a little light, but she aimed it directly at the gloom of ignorance.”― Maya Angelou
131 “Their faces shone with the delight of their souls.”― Maya Angelou
132. “The wise woman thinks twice and speaks once or, better yet, does not speak at all.”― Maya Angelou
133 “Living well is an art which can be developed.”― Maya Angelou
134. “I’ve had rainbows in my clouds.”― Maya Angelou
135. “If you’re always trying to be normal you’ll never know how amazing you can be.”― Maya Angelou
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136. “I do not trust people who don’t love themselves and yet tell me, ‘I love you.’ There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.” ― Maya Angelou
137 “If you want what you’re saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. You might save somebody’s life. Your own, first.” – Maya Angelou
138 “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou
139 I will not allow man-made differences to make me different from other people. Maya Angelou
140 “All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and faith. While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.” ― Maya Angelou If you’re enjoying these quotes, you’ll love our collection of survival quotes to motivate you to keep going.
141 “I’m not a writer who teaches. I’m a teacher who writes.” – Maya Angelou
142. “Courage is the most important of all virtues, because without courage, you cannot practice any of the other virtues consistently.” ― Maya Angelou
143 “I like to have guns around. I don’t like to carry them.” – Maya Angelou
144 “I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.” – Maya Angelou
145 “I like to speak on matters which matter to human beings, and almost everything matters to human beings.” – Maya Angelou
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146 “We must be warriors in the struggle against ignorance.” – Maya Angelou
147 “Stand up straight and realize who you are, that you tower over your circumstances. You are a Child of God. Stand up straight.” – Maya Angelou
148 “You don’t need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it.” – Maya Angelou
149 “Success is loving life and daring to live it.” – Maya Angelou
150 “Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.” – Maya Angelou
151 “LoveYour life. Get involved. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.” –Maya Angelou
152. “If you’re going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased.” – Maya AngelouIf you’re enjoying these quotes, you’ll love our collection of legacy quotes that will inspire you to start making your mark on the world today.
153 “Give yourself time just to be with yourself.” – Maya Angelou
154 “I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.” – Maya Angelou
155 “Live as though life was created for you.” – Maya Angelou
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