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Maya Angelou Quotes - Page 4

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I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.

I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.

Want, Faith In God, Thank You Lord

Maya Angelou (1986). “Poems”, Bantam Books

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

Life, Inspiring, Art

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jul 07, 2011

Laugh as often as possible. You must. Because the world will offer you every reason to weep. So as often as possible, you laugh. That, I think, is part of the Great Love.

Thinking, Laughing, Great Love

A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.

Wise, Enemy, Wish

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

What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat,’.... And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and says, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come.

Cat, Writing, Two

"Famous Writers Share How They Handle Writer’s Block" by Jeryl Brunner, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 29, 2015.

No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

We must be warriors in the struggle against ignorance

Struggle, Ignorance, Warrior

Twitter post from Feb 21, 2011

Forgiveness. It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. You are relieved of carrying that burden of resentment. You really are lighter. You feel lighter. You just drop that.

Giving, Resentment, Burden

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jan 21, 2015

The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library

Inspirational, Children, Book

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jul 06, 2010

Each of us has the power and responsibility to become a rainbow in the clouds.

Responsibility, Clouds, Rainbow

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.

Color, Kwanzaa, Common Threads

We are here to love each other. That is why you are alive. That is what life is for.

Alive, Life Is, Love Each Other

We need much less than we think we need.

Inspirational, Thinking, What Matters

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

Inspirational, Life, Smile

Maya Angelou (2012). “The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou”, p.424, Modern Library

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.

Life, Powerful, Past

Be present in all things and thankful for all things.

Inspirational, Life, Thanksgiving

"5 Creative Ways to Deal With Life Transitions" by Kingsley Grant, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 18, 2016.

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.

Love, Funny, Life

Maya Angelou (2012). “The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou”, p.424, Modern Library

I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.

Men, Differences, Made

I don't know if I continue, even today, always liking myself. But what I learned to do many years ago was to forgive myself. It is very important for every human being to forgive herself or himself because if you live, you will make mistakes - it is inevitable. But once you do and you see the mistake, then you forgive yourself and say, 'Well, if I'd known better I'd have done better,' that's all.

Mistake, Years, Forgiving

"The Amazing Fitness Adventure for Your Kids: 90 Days to Raising Healthy Children". Book by Phil Parham and Amy Parham, September 1, 2011.

I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.

Inspiring, Courage, Believe

Stand up straight and realize who you are, that you tower over your circumstances. You are a child of God. Stand up straight.

Inspirational, God, Children

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jan 30, 2013

Laugh and dare to try to love somebody, starting with yourself. You must love yourself first, of course, and you must protect yourself so that nobody overrides you, overrules you, or steps on you. Just say, 'Just a minute. I'm worth everything, dear.'

Love You, Laughing, Trying

Live life as if it were created just for you.

Live Life, Ifs

My mother had said me, "All right, you've been raised, so don't let anybody else raise you. You know the difference between right and wrong. Do right. And remember - you can always come home." And she continued to liberate me until she died. On the night she died, I went to the hospital. I told my mom, "Let me tell you about yourself. You deserved a great daughter, and you got one. And you liberated me to be one. So if it's time for you to go, you may have done everything God brought you here to do."

Mom, Mother, Daughter

Everybody is worth everything.

Source: teentalkingcircles.org

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