favorite Quotes by Maya Angelou
“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.”
“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.”
“Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.”
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”
“Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.”
“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.”
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”
“Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.”
“No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.”
“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.”
“Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.”
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
“The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”
“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.”
“There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.”
“There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.”
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”
“We need much less than we think we need.”
“When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.”
“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”
“Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.”
“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.”
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.”
“A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
“All great achievements require time.”
“Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!”
“Be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud.”
“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.”
“Be present in all things and thankful for all things.”
“Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But
anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.”
“Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.”
“Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.”
“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”
“Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.”
“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
“If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?”
“If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.”
“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the
street and start grinning ‘Good morning’ at total strangers.”
“Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.”
“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”
“I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.”
“I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.”
“I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.”
“I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.”
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