Time Quotes by Maya Angelou

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

— Maya Angelou

I have great respect for the past.

— Maya Angelou

Give yourself time just to be with yourself.

— Maya Angelou

Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.

— Maya Angelou

I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment.

— Maya Angelou

All great acheivements require time.

— Maya Angelou

The future is plump with promise.

— Maya Angelou

All great achievements require time.

— Maya Angelou

God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us - in the dreariest and most dreaded moments - can see…

— Maya Angelou

Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an ear.

— Maya Angelou

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for…

— Maya Angelou

Sometimes the people whom we've known only a short amount of time have a bigger impact on us than those we've known…

— Maya Angelou

How wonderful it is to be an American. We have known the best of times and the worst of times.

— Maya Angelou

I think we ought to give ourselves more time. We should be more patient with ourselves and with each other.

— Maya Angelou

Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.

— Maya Angelou

I was married a few times, and one of my husbands was jealous of me writing.

— Maya Angelou

Education is a process that goes on 'til death. The moment you see someone who knows she has found the one true…

— Maya Angelou

“This is not their place. In time they will pass. Ghana was here when they came. When they go, Ghana will be…

— Maya Angelou

If we live long enough, we may even get over war. I imagine a time when somebody will mention the word war…

— Maya Angelou

“I met that lovely Detroit lady and thought my time had come But just before I said “I do” I said “I…

— Maya Angelou

Growing up, I decided, a long time ago, I wouldn't accept any manmade differences between human beings, differences made at somebody else's…

— Maya Angelou

You can't be consistently fair, consistently generous, consistently just, or consistently merciful. You can be anything erratically, but to be that thing…

— Maya Angelou

If you want what you're saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it.…

— Maya Angelou

Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or…

— Maya Angelou

What I think it really means is: I'm a teacher. I am a teacher. I teach all the time, as you do…

— Maya Angelou

I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be…

— Maya Angelou

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for…

— Maya Angelou

I think that each of us is so much alike, and yet at the same time we are so different, and I…

— Maya Angelou

I thank God that I've lived long enough to see what I have seen, and I pray that people will continue to…

— Maya Angelou

Joy is a freedom. It helps a person to find his/her own liberation. The person who is joyous takes responsibility for the…

— Maya Angelou

I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they're telling the truth.…

— Maya Angelou

“there are times when no one is right, and sometimes among family and children, no one can admit that there is no…

— Maya Angelou

“Black females, for the most part, know by the time they are ten years old that the world is not much concerned…

— Maya Angelou

“You’re itching to be on your own. You don’t want anybody telling you what time you have to be in at night…

— Maya Angelou

...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a…

— Maya Angelou

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

— Maya Angelou

A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again.

— Maya Angelou

The truth brings the past into the present and prepares us for the future. That's what truth does

— Maya Angelou

When was the last time anyone ever told you how important you are?

— Maya Angelou

“Upon certain subject I am able to hold my tongue and hope that time will right wrongs.”

— Maya Angelou