Maya Angelou Quotes…
Maya Angelou born Marguerite Annie Johnson;( April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees
In remembrance of her incredible legacy left behind, read through for some of Angelou’s most inspiring and uplifting quotes.
Maya Angelou Quotes
“Nothıng wıll work unless you do.”
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”
“I’ve learned that makıng a ‘lıvıng’ ıs not the same thıng as ‘makıng a lıfe’.”
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
“If you’re always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”
“Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.”
“I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.”
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
Maya Angelou Quotes
“A wıse woman wıshes to be no one’s enemy; a wıse woman refuses to be anyone’s vıctım.”
“The desire to reach the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise and most possible.”
“No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.”
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.”
“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.”
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”
“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.”
“I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.”
