Maya Angelou Quotes

American - Poet April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014 Read full biography

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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. - Maya Angelou

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Maya Angelou

Change, Attitude, You, Something, Your

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. Maya Angelou

Life, Inspirational, Passion, Humor

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth. - Maya Angelou

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth. Maya Angelou

Truth, World, Facts, Obscure, Difference

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. - Maya Angelou

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Rainbow, Cloud, Someone

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. - Maya Angelou

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. Maya Angelou

Motivational, May, Defeated, Encounter

I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind. - Maya Angelou

I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind. Maya Angelou

Heart, Son, Man, Strong, Loving, Young

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

Learning, People, You, Never Forget

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. - Maya Angelou

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou

Love, Respect, Death, Self, Die, Lose

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. Maya Angelou

Love, Hope, Romantic, Destination, Walls

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. - Maya Angelou

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. Maya Angelou

Relationship, Time, Believe, Someone

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The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think. Maya Angelou

Dance, Blessing, God, Yourself, Rainbow

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love. - Maya Angelou

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love. Maya Angelou

Love, Smile, People, Valentine's Day

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. - Maya Angelou

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. Maya Angelou

Forgiveness, Yourself, You, Gifts, Give

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. - Maya Angelou

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. Maya Angelou

Music, Loneliness, Space, Back, Notes

A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim. - Maya Angelou

A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim. Maya Angelou

Woman, Wise, Wishes, Enemy, Victim

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. - Maya Angelou

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. Maya Angelou

Fire, Anger, Bitterness, Clean, Cancer

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

Home, Place, Go, Safe, Us, Safe Place

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it. - Maya Angelou

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it. Maya Angelou

Courage, Empathy, Think, Enough, May

I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression. - Maya Angelou

I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression. Maya Angelou

Cooking, Food, Someone, Sharing, Just

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. Maya Angelou

Courage, Be Kind, Practice, Consistency

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible. Maya Angelou

Future, Past, Present, Prejudice, Burden

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. - Maya Angelou

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. Maya Angelou

Giving, Soul, Giver, Found, Benefits

Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time. - Maya Angelou

Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time. Maya Angelou

Love, Time, Dating, Love Is, Happen, Any

My grandmother took me to church on Sunday all day long, every Sunday into the night. Then Monday evening was the missionary meeting. Tuesday evening was usher board meeting. Wednesday evening was prayer meeting. Thursday evening was visit the sick. Friday evening was choir practice. I mean, and at all those gatherings, we sang. Maya Angelou

Day, Prayer, Me, Practice, Night, Monday

Nothing will work unless you do. - Maya Angelou

Nothing will work unless you do. Maya Angelou

Work, You, Will, Nothing, Unless

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Maya Angelou

Control, You, May, Happen, Events, Them

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