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Maya Angelou Quotes - Page 14

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Laugh as much as you can.

Laugh as much as you can.

Laughing

"Remembering Maya Angelou: Purdue Speech 2003" by Shawn McGrath, www.jconline.com. May 28, 2014.

When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature.

Reading, Giving, Looks

Twitter post from Oct 26, 2016

I believe that every person is born with talent.

Strength, Believe, Talent

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Oct 05, 2011

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

Life Lesson, Believe, Knowing Nothing

"The Truth in Words". Book by Neal Zero, 2005.

The honorary duty of a human being is to love.

Love, Inspirational, Dream

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Dec 07, 2010

Don't bring negative to my door.

Inspirational, Positive, Attitude

I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier if someone was African-American and lived next door and went to the same church. Because then I wouldn't have to translate.

Falling In Love, Doors, Laughing

"No surrender" by Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2002.

Everyone grows old but not everyone grows up.

Growing Up, Grows

Don't face the day until you've faced God.

Faces

If it is true that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, isn't it also true a society is only as healthy as its sickest citizen and only as wealthy as its most deprived?

Strong, Healthy, Self Reliance

No one comes from the earth like grass. We come like trees. We all have roots.

Roots, Tree, Earth

We are more alike than unalike.

People will never forget how you made them feel.

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.37, Random House

It is the worst thing you can do, women, is whine, .. I mean the worst. Don't complain, protest.

Mean, Advice, Complaining

In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

Inspirational, Strength, Beauty

Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wit and Wisdom of Maya Angelou”, p.9, Hachette UK

I am the dream and the hope of the slave

Dream, History, African American

Maya Angelou (2011). “Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women”, p.9, Random House

When I am writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness. I'm trying for that. But I'm also trying for the language. I'm trying to see how it can really sound.

Inspiring, Pain, Real

"35 Maya Angelou Quotes That Changed My Life" by J.N. Salters, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2014.

The truth brings the past into the present and prepares us for the future. That's what truth does

Past, Past Present Future, Doe

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Dec 20, 2011

Age is nothing; waking up is everything.

Age, Wake Up, Waking

I keep hitting the escape button but I am still here!

Buttons, Hitting, Stills

To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.

Mothers Day, Mom, Mother Daughter

Maya Angelou (2012). “The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou”, p.49, Modern Library

Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or spates of time sitting on park benches, observing the mysterious world of ants and the canopy of treetops.

Spiritual, Needs, Sitting

Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.64, Bantam

Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives. The struggle for equality continues unabated, and the woman warrior who is armed with wit and courage will be among the first to celebrate victory.

Witty, Struggle, Warrior

Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.6, Bantam

Now, after years of observation and enough courage to admit what I have observed, I try to plant peace if I do not want discord; to plant loyalty and honesty if I want to avoid betrayal and lies.

Inspirational, Loyalty, Honesty

Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.44, Bantam

I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.

Travel, Home, Positivity

Twitter post from Jul 13, 2015

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