Maya Angelou Quotes to Inspire and Motivate You

When we talk about inspirational quotes with positivity and optimism Maya Angelou name comes in mind naturally. Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, filmmaker, actor, dancer, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She was called "the black woman's poet laureate", and her poems have been called the anthems of African Americans. Angelou received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.

Through Angelou's words and actions, she has made a lasting impact on the world. Maya Angelou dreamed of a colorful society where everyone has the same opportunities

Maya Angelou Quotes

1. "Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible. " ~ Maya Angelou
2. "Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud." ~ Maya Angelou
3. "If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be." ~ Maya Angelou
4. "You can only become truly accomplished at something you love." ~ Maya Angelou
5. "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

1. "Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope." ~ Maya Angelou
2. "Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else." ~ Maya Angelou
3. "When you know you are of worth - not asking it but knowing it - you walk into a room with a particular power." ~ Maya Angelou
4. "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
5. "Nothing will work unless you do." ~ Maya Angelou

Famous Maya Angelou Quotes

1. "You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise." ~ Maya Angelou
2. "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." ~ Maya Angelou
3. "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. " ~ Maya Angelou
4. "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." ~ Maya Angelou
   We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." ~ Maya Angelou
5. "You can ask forgiveness of others, but in the end the real forgiveness is in one's own self." ~ Maya Angelou

1. "I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh." ~ Maya Angelou
2. "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."~ Maya Angelou
3. "I know why the caged bird sings." ~ Maya Angelou
4. "Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!" ~ Maya Angelou
5. "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

Short Maya Angelou Quotes

1. "Grace is like a lake of drinkable water right outside your door. But you stay inside and die of thirst." ~ Maya Angelou
2. "We need much less than we think we need." ~ Maya Angelou
3. "If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?" ~ Maya Angelou
4. "Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest." ~ Maya Angelou
5. "If one has courage, nothing can dim the light which shines from within." ~ Maya Angelou
6. "Only equals can become friends." ~ Maya Angelou
7. "I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one." ~ Maya Angelou
8. "Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time." ~ Maya Angelou
9. "You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody." ~ Maya Angelou
10. "If you're always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be." ~ Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Quotes

1. "Seek patience and passion in equal amounts. Patience alone will not build the temple. Passion alone will destroy its walls." ~ Maya Angelou
2. "The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library." ~ Maya Angelou
3. "Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option." ~ Maya Angelou
4. "A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim." ~ Maya Angelou
5. "I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare." ~ Maya Angelou

1. "It's very important to know the neighbor next door and the people down the street and the people in another race." ~ Maya Angelou
2. "You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." ~ Maya Angelou
3. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away." ~ Maya Angelou
4. "If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities." ~ Maya Angelou
5. "Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet." ~ Maya Angelou

Inspiring Maya Angelou Quotes

1. "This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before." ~ Maya Angelou
2. "To develop courage you have to start developing courage as you do any other muscle. You have to start with small things and build it up." ~ Maya Angelou
3. "Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." ~ Maya Angelou
4. "There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth." ~ Maya Angelou
5. "I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back." ~ Maya Angelou
6. "Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women." ~ Maya Angelou
7. "I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it." ~ Maya Angelou
8. "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." ~ Maya Angelou
9. "Determine to live life with flair and laughter." ~ Maya Angelou
10. "I've learned that I still have a lot to learn." ~ Maya Angelou

Motivational Maya Angelou Quotes

1. "I work very hard, and I play very hard. I'm grateful for life. And I live it - I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it." ~ Maya Angelou
2. "When was the last time anyone told you how important you are?" ~ Maya Angelou
3. "The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise." ~ Maya Angelou
4. "Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it." ~ Maya Angelou
5. "We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated." ~ Maya Angelou
6. "If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded." ~ Maya Angelou
7. "We are only as blind as we want to be." ~ Maya Angelou
8. "I got my own back." ~ Maya Angelou
9. "I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too." ~ Maya Angelou
10. "Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art." ~ Maya Angelou

Best Maya Angelou Quotes

1. "Courage - you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn't want to pick up a 100 -pound weight without preparing yourself." ~ Maya Angelou
2. "I do my best because I'm counting on you counting on me." ~ Maya Angelou
3. "When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed." ~ Maya Angelou
4. "Your belief and your work will speak for you." ~ Maya Angelou
5. "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
6. "The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart." ~ Maya Angelou
7. "I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver." ~ Maya Angelou
8. "You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been." ~ Maya Angelou
9. "The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world." ~ Maya Angelou
10. "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

Quotes by Maya Angelou

1. "Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn't know before you learned it." ~ Maya Angelou
2. "I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness." ~ Maya Angelou
3. "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
4. "Everybody is worth everything." ~ Maya Angelou
5. "Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean." ~ Maya Angelou

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