Maya Angelou Quotes

An American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.
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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.

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Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it empowers us to develop courage; to trust that courage and build bridges with it;to trust those bridges and cross over them so we can attempt to reach each other.
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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
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People will never forget how you made them feel.
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A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.
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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, I’ll rise.
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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.
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness… all the good things.
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Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.
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I believe that every person is born with talent.
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Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.
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What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
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I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
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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.
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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
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How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
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Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.
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