Authors:

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Maya Angelou Quotes - Page 6

All Quotes Achievement Adventure Adversity Age Aging Appreciation Art Attitude Beauty Being Alone Birth Black History Bravery Cancer Challenges Change Character Children Choices Christmas Church Communication Community Compassion Confidence Country Courage Creativity Culture Dance Darkness Death Defeat Determination Discipline Diversity Dying Earth Education Effort Ego Electricity Empowerment Encouragement Encouraging Energy Ethics Failing Failure Faith Falling In Love Family Fashion Fear Feelings Fighting Forgiveness Freedom Friendship Generosity Giving Glory God Grace Graduation Gratitude Growing Up Growth Happiness Hard Work Harmony Hate Healing Heart Hell Helping Others History Home Honesty Hope House Humanity Humility Hurt Husband Identity Ignorance Inspirational Inspiring Intelligence Journey Joy Justice Kindness Language Laughter Leadership Learning Leaving Life Listening Live Life Loneliness Love Love Life Lying Memories Modesty Mom Monday Morning Motivation Motivational Moving On Music Overcoming Pain Passion Past Peace Persistence Pleasure Poetry Positive Positive Thinking Positivity Prejudice Pride Purpose Quality Racism Reading Reality Regret Respect Responsibility Romance Running Sacrifice School Segregation Self Esteem Silence Skins Sleep Son Soul Spring Strength Struggle Style Success Survival Sympathy Talent Teaching Thankful Thanksgiving Time Today Travel Trust Truth Virtue Waiting Wall War Water Whining Winning Wisdom Writing Yoga

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

"Pray It Forward: Daily Meditations" by Rowena Holloway, iUniverse, (p. 34), August 1, 2007.

I love living. I love that I'm alive to love my age. There are many people who went to bed just as I did yesterday evening and didn't wake this morning. I love and feel very blessed that I did. I love, too, that I know a little more today than I did yesterday, or I simply know it more profoundly.

Morning, Blessed, Yesterday

Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.

Birthday, Inspiring, Thanksgiving

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Nov 29, 2013

Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.

Art, Philosophy, Love Life

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.

Bird, Tunes, Hills

Maya Angelou (2013). “Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?”, p.20, Random House

Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.

Inspirational, Success, Personal Growth

Maya Angelou (2012). “The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou”, p.220, Modern Library

Because of our routines we forget that life is an ongoing adventure.

Adventure, Dreamer, Ongoing

If you have done the best you can do and if you have gotten all you could extract from something, you have given all you had to give, then the time has come when you can do no more than say thank you and move on.

Inspirational, Moving On, Thank You

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Aug 06, 2010

I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.

Love, Inspirational, Trust

"Do Not Love Your Neighbor as Yourself... Yet" by Rea Nolan Martin, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 29, 2014.

Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are -- cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes.

Role Models, Cheerful, Roles

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.

Love, Inspirational, Inspiring

"Maya Angelou’s Art Collection Will Give You The Fire To Finish The Day Right" by Priscilla Frank, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 21, 2015.

I'm a feminist. I've been a female for a long time now. It'd be stupid not to be on my own side.

Women, Stupid, Long

All great achievements require time.

Success, Encouraging, Patience

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 27, 2011

It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how we are more alike than we are different.

Inspiring, Thoughtful, Loving Life

Twitter post from May 21, 2013

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.psychologytoday.com. February 17, 2009.

I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

Pain, Heart, People

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 06, 2013

I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.

Inspirational, Life, Second Chance

Twitter post from Mar 03, 2013

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard.

Grateful, Praying, Wonderful

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jan 25, 2015

Take a day to heal from the lies you've told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.

Lying, Healing, Heal

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.

Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 04, 2013

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

Motivational, Change, Path

Because of the routines we follow, we often forget that life is an ongoing adventure. . . Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art: to bring all our energies to each encounter, to remain flexible enough to notice and admit when what we expected to happen did not happen. We need to remember that we are created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.

Life, Art, Adventure

Here on the pulse of this new day You may have the grace to look up and out And into your sister's eyes, Into your brother's face, your country And say simply Very simply With hope Good morning.

Country, Morning, Brother

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Nov 30, 2009

The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story.

Inspiring, Thoughtful, Loving Life

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

The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.

Love, Friendship, Dream

Twitter post from May 19, 2013

You May Also Like: