Maya Angelou is an American civil rights activist, memoirist, and poet who had always raised her voice for the right thing, no matter what she had to bear. The internet is flooded with a huge number of Maya Angelou quotes that are related to different real life experiences.
Maya had been a committed woman who acted on her words and made people realize that a woman could do anything if she is determined and had the courage to face the entire world. Maya has taught that a person has his/her own worth and value that no one can take. Though, it depends on how he/she maintains that value and reacts in certain situations.
Maya Angelou quotes allow people to find their destinations and even help people to develop strategies in order to achieve them. The best thing about these quotes is that Maya has incorporated her life experiences and highlighted various ups and downs at every phase to strengthen people so that they can deal with their problems bravely.
Maya Angelou quotes have cleared up one thing that there is no limit to gain knowledge. A person can choose to learn until he/she wants, no matter how old he/she gets. All they have to do is to be dedicated and committed to their goals and try their level best to achieve them. Life is not just about having a family and a good job but, it is about how a person treats others, what is his/her position in society, how he/she takes care of the surroundings, and how he/she utilizes skills for their betterment.
Famous Maya Angelou Quotes
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.”
2. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
3. “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
4. “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.”
5. “I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.”
6. “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
7. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
8. “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.”
9. “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”
10. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
11. “Nothing will work unless you do.”
12. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”
13. “I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.”
14. “Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”
15. “I believe that every person is born with talent.”
16. “It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.”
17. “I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.”
18. “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”
19. “Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.”
20. “Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.”
Motivational Maya Angelou Quotes
1. “Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.”
2. “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.”
3. “All great achievements require time. You have to know not only who you are, and to be that person, but also to dream of who you want to become, then summon the courage to love what you are, but not to despise what you are not.”
4. “I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one. 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.”
5. “In the flush of love’s light, we dare be brave. And suddenly we see that love costs all we are, and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.”
6. “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”
7. “A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
8. “You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot—it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.”
9. “We are only as blind as we want to be. Ignorance might be bliss, but only if that bliss doesn’t lead us to be blind to all others.”
10. “We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.”
11. “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.”
12. “Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.”
13. “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.”
14. “A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”
15. “It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”
16. “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
17. “Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.”
18. “I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.”
19. “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”
20. “The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.”
