QUOTES

Quotes by Maya Angelou

"I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow."
- Maya Angelou
"The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned."
- Maya Angelou
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you mad..."
- Maya Angelou
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."
- Maya Angelou
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
- Maya Angelou
"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible."
- Maya Angelou
"I know why the caged bird sings."
- Maya Angelou
"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."
- Maya Angelou
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."
- Maya Angelou
"Nothing will work unless you do."
- Maya Angelou
"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."
- 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 ..."
- Maya Angelou
"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."
- Maya Angelou
"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."
- Maya Angelou
"A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim."
- Maya Angelou
"If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die."
- Maya Angelou
"If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love."
- Maya Angelou
"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."
- Maya Angelou
"I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression."
- Maya Angelou
"All great achievements require time."
- Maya Angelou
"If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be."
- Maya Angelou
"Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else."
- Maya Angelou
"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."
- Maya Angelou
"When you learn, teach. When you get, give."
- Maya Angelou
"I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver."
- Maya Angelou
"You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, ..."
- Maya Angelou
"I've learned that 'making a living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'."
- Maya Angelou
"No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again and bring the dawn."
- Maya Angelou
"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it."
- Maya Angelou
"If you’re going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased."
- Maya Angelou
"We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friend..."
- Maya Angelou