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Maya Angelou Quotes - Page 18

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Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a sense of humor. So he was accessible.

Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a sense of humor. So he was accessible.

Kings, Powerful, Heart

"America's Renaissance Woman". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 22, 1997.

It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.18, Bantam

If we all hold on to the mistake, we can't see our own glory in the mirror because we have the mistake between our faces and the mirror; we can't see what we're capable of being. You can ask forgiveness of others, but in the end the real forgiveness is in one's own self.

Real, Mistake, Mirrors

"The Amazing Fitness Adventure for Your Kids: 90 Days to Raising Healthy Children" by Phil Parham, Amy Parham, Harvest House Publishers, (p. 80), September 1, 2011.

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.

Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love, because that liberates. Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind. Love says, 'I love you. I love you if you're in China. I love you if you're across town. I love you if you're in Harlem. I love you. I would like to be near you. I'd like to have your arms around me. I'd like to hear your voice in my ear. But that's not possible now, so I love you. Go.'

Inspiring, Love You, Grateful

"6 Maya Angelou Quotes About Love to Incorporate Into Your Wedding" by Kim Fusaro, www.glamour.com. May 29, 2014.

All knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.

Life, Currency

Maya Angelou (1977). “I know why the caged bird sings”

But still, like air, I'll rise

Recovery, Air, Backstabbing

Maya Angelou (2011). “And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems”, p.47, Random House

I’ve got a magic charm That I keep up my sleeve, I can walk the ocean floor And never have to breathe.

Ocean, Magic, Breathe

Maya Angelou (2015). “The Complete Poetry”, p.172, Random House

I think that each of us is so much alike, and yet at the same time we are so different, and I have a feeling that if you encountered difficulty, and I with my age encountered the same difficulty, I would respond one way, and you would respond another. Neither would be right or wrong. It's just that each of us is courageous, and that's what I encourage, courage, and the courage to see, and the courage to say to oneself what one has seen. Don't be in denial.

Thinking, Feelings, Age

Source: www.psychologytoday.com

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Maya Angelou (2012). “The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou”, p.202, Modern Library

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think.

Blessing, Thinking, Clouds

I always felt, if I can get to a library, I'll be OK.

Healing, Library, Felt

To those who have given up on love: I say, "Trust life a little bit.

I Hate You, Littles, Aging

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.

Talking, Black, Speak

At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.

Waking, Wake Up, Knows

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

Inspirational, Truth, Men

1972 On Africa. In the New York Times,16 Apr.

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.

Life, Wisdom, Peace

This is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth.

Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Dec 17, 2010

In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons.

Wise, Innovation, Suggestions

Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.30, Random House

Thank you, always say thank you; it's the greatest gift you can give someone; because thank you is what you say to God.

Giving, Saying Thank You, Greatest Gifts

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Feb 12, 2014

I love a Hebrew National hot dog with an ice-cold Corona - no lime. If the phone rings, I won't answer until I'm done.

Dog, Phones, Ice

Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.74, Random House

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.

Inspirational, Life, Positive

Maya Angelou (1993). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, Random House Canada

You may be pretty or plain, heavy or thin, gay or straight, poor or rich. But remember this: In an election, every voice is equally powerful -- don't underestimate your vote. Voting is the great equalizer.

Powerful, Gay, Voice

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.

Jealousy, Envy, Romance

Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.60, Bantam

On the day of your birth, the Creator filled countless storehouses, set aside for your use and yours alone.

Life, Use, Birth

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 20, 2011

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