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Maya Angelou Quotes - Page 3

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No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again and bring the dawn.

No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again and bring the dawn.

Inspirational, Sunset, Dawn

Maya Angelou (2015). “The Complete Poetry”, p.317, Random House

Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.

Inspirational, Life, What Matters

"Phenomenal: 12 Pearls of Wisdom From Maya Angelou" by Tai Goodwin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2014.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Inspirational, Moving On, Powerful

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Feb 14, 2013

Just do right. Right may not be expedient, it may not be profitable, but it will satisfy your soul. It brings you the kind of protection that bodyguards can’t give you. So try to live your life in a way that you will not regret years of useless virtue and inertia and timidity. Take up the battle. Take it up. It’s yours. This is your life. This is your world.

Regret, Years, Giving

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

Inspirational, Relationship, Inspiring

Twitter post from Jun 12, 2015

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Inspirational, Life, Positive

Maya Angelou (2008). “Letter to My Daughter”, p.5, Random House

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

Inspirational, Life, Courage

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Feb 24, 2013

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

Moving On, Spiritual, Strong Women

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from May 01, 2009

A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself

Women, Rivers, Spirit

Dare to let your dreams reach beyond you...

Dream, Dare, Your Dreams

"Song: The Dreamer (The Dreamer/The Believer)". December 20, 2011.

I think when we don't know what to do it's wise to do nothing. Sit down quietly; quiet our hearts and minds and breathe deeply.

Wise, Heart, Thinking

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Twitter post from Jan 15, 2017

When I say 'I am a Christian', I'm not shouting 'I'm saved'. I'm whispering 'I get lost'. That is why I chose this way.

Christian, Whispering, Way

All great acheivements require time.

You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure. So use that anger. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop talking it.

Cancer, Writing, Talking

"Women Are Angrier Than Ever Before - And They're Doing Something About It" by Melissa Harris-Perry, www.elle.com. March 9, 2018.

Give yourself time just to be with yourself.

Giving

"Maya Angelou on How to Throw a Lifelong Party". Interview with Pamela Johnson, www.essence.com. May 28, 2014.

Success is loving life and daring to live it.

Life, Success, Loving Life

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Sep 16, 2011

Courage allows the successful woman to fail - and to learn powerful lessons from the failure - so that in the end, she didn't fail at all.

Inspirational, Courage, Powerful

The area where we are the greatest is the area in which we inspire, encourage and connect with another human being.

Inspire, Humans, Areas

Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.

Inspirational, Principles, Reverse

Maya Angelou (2012). “The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou”, p.170, Modern Library

There is no place where God is not.

Faith In God

Twitter post from Jun 06, 2010

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

Inspirational, Life, Encouragement

Twitter post from Jan 19, 2016

I am not competing with anyone other than myself. I want to be excellent at whatever I do.

Want, Excellent, Competing

Lord keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth.

Hands, Mouths, Arms

You think you may not be heard. Speak anyway.

Thinking, May, Speak

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