Maya Angelou, a thoughtful poet, amazing writer, and civil rights activist, a pure inspiration for many of us.
I’ve put together for you 50 of the best quotes thought and shared by Maya Angelou. I hope they will help you find your inspiration, to look deep inside you, and understand more about this world and life.
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Maya Angelou Inspirational Quotes
- If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be. Maya Angelou
2. If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. Maya Angelou
3. 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
4. I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can’t ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won’t stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you’d be surprised that people say, “Can I be of help?” Maya Angelou
5. 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
6. Nothing will work unless you do. Maya Angelou
7. The honorary duty of a human being is to love. Maya Angelou
8. All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened. Maya Angelou
9. You only are free when you realize you belong no place – you belong every place – no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great. Maya Angelou
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10. Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else. Maya Angelou
11. We need to not be in denial about what we’ve done, what we’ve come through. It will help us if we all do that. Maya Angelou
12. Determine to live life with flair and laughter. Maya Angelou
13. If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. Maya Angelou
14. Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. Maya Angelou
15. Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. Maya Angelou
16. 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
17. I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. Maya Angelou
18. 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. Maya Angelou
19. We are only as blind as we want to be. Maya Angelou
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20. You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody. Maya Angelou
21. We need much less than we think we need. Maya Angelou
22. 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. Maya Angelou
23. Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it! Maya Angelou
24. I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare. Maya Angelou
25. My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Maya Angelou
26. 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
27. The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. Maya Angelou
28. 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. Maya Angelou
29. Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances. Maya Angelou
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30. If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Maya Angelou
31. Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it. Maya Angelou
32. 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 you. Maya Angelou
33. We are here to love each other. That is why you are alive. That is what life is for. We are here to love each other. That is why you are alive. That is what life is for. Maya Angelou
34. Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art. Maya Angelou
35. 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. Maya Angelou
36. Seek patience and passion in equal amounts. Patience alone will not build the temple. Passion alone will destroy its walls. Maya Angelou
37. When you know you are of worth — not asking it but knowing it — you walk into a room with a particular power. Maya Angelou
38. My life has been one great big joke, a dance that’s walked a song that speaks, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself. Maya Angelou
39. If one has courage, nothing can dim the light which shines from within. Maya Angelou
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40. I’ve learned that making a “living” is not the same thing as making a “life”. Maya Angelou
41. I’ve learned that forgiving is one of the greatest gifts that I can give myself. Maya Angelou
42. I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. Maya Angelou
43. I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh. Maya Angelou
44. Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, ‘I’m going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that’s tough. I am going to snow anyway.’ Maya Angelou
45. Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet. Maya Angelou
46. When I forgive other people, I let them go, I free them from my ignorance. And as soon as I do, I feel lighter, brighter, and better. Maya Angelou
47. When you know you are of worth, you don’t have to raise your voice, you don’t have to become rude, you don’t have to become vulgar; you just are. And you are like the sky is, as the air is, the same way water is wet. It doesn’t have to protest. Maya Angelou
48. There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Maya Angelou
49. Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. Maya Angelou
50. If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me? Maya Angelou
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