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Maya Angelou Quotes about Inspirational - Page 2

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We need much less than we think we need.

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

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.

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

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

Love, Inspirational, Life

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Dec 17, 2013

I work very hard, and I play very hard. I'm grateful for life. And I live it - I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it.

Inspirational, Inspiring, Grateful

"At 80, Maya Angelou Reflects on a 'Glorious' Life". "Weekend Edition" with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. April 6, 2008.

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.

Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 09, 2013

If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?

Inspirational, Life, Be Good

Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

The happy heart runs with the river, floats on the air, lifts to the music, soars with the eagle, hopes with the prayer.

Inspirational, Life, Running

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.

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

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.

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.

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 making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.

Inspirational, Life, Second Chance

Twitter post from Mar 03, 2013

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

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

Inspirational, Music, Lonely

Twitter post from Oct 02, 2015

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from May 01, 2009

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

Love, Inspirational, Girl

Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.

Inspirational, Laughter, Laughing

Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.

Inspirational, Motivational, Children

I don't trust any revolution where love is not allowed.

Love, Inspirational, Revolution

1975 Interview in California Living,14 May. Collected in Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989).

When you know better you do better.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

Inspirational, Humans, Human Beings

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

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