Giving Quotes by Maya Angelou

Life sometimes gives you a second chance.

— Maya Angelou

When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

— Maya Angelou

No one has ever become poor from giving.

— Maya Angelou

Give yourself time just to be with yourself.

— Maya Angelou

If you have, give. If you learn, teach.

— Maya Angelou

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

— Maya Angelou

I've learned that forgiving is one of the greatest gifts that I can give myself.

— Maya Angelou

The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars…

— Maya Angelou

I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy.

— Maya Angelou

I encourage you to live with life. Be courageous, adventurous. Give us a tomorrow, more than we deserve.

— Maya Angelou

When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature.

— Maya Angelou

It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can't do anything with that except do…

— Maya Angelou

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

— Maya Angelou

Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray,…

— Maya Angelou

If I could give you one thought, it would be to lift someone up. Lift a stranger up--lift her up. I would…

— Maya Angelou

The nice thing about HOPE is that you can give it to someone else, someone who needs it even more than you…

— Maya Angelou

That's what you want to do? Then nothing beats a trial but a failure. Give it everything you've got. I've told you…

— Maya Angelou

When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today,…

— Maya Angelou

I made the decision to quit show business. Give up the skintight dresses and manicured smiles. The false concern over sentimental lyrics.…

— Maya Angelou

Forgiveness. It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. You are relieved of carrying that burden…

— Maya Angelou

The idea of overcoming is always fascinating to me. It's fascinating because few of us realize how much energy we have expended…

— Maya Angelou

Easy reading is damn hard writing. But if it's right, it's easy. It's the other way round, too. If it's slovenly written,…

— Maya Angelou

Just do right. Right may not be expedient, it may not be profitable, but it will satisfy your soul. It brings you…

— Maya Angelou

Reduce your humanity through what Jules Feiffer called little murders. The minute I hear someone trying to demean me, I know that…

— Maya Angelou

The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself. It is said that…

— Maya Angelou

If you have a napkin, you need another napkin to receive back all the blessings you'll get. And you keep giving. Then…

— Maya Angelou

I like good food. People want a certain taste, but when they're offered something else, they'll overeat. If they really are looking…

— 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

If on Judgement Day I were summoned by St. Peter to give testimony to the used-to-be sheriff's act of kindness, I would…

— Maya Angelou

Lift up your eyes upon This day breaking for you. Give birth again To the dream. Women, children, men, Take it into…

— Maya Angelou

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

— Maya Angelou

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

— Maya Angelou

A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is…

— Maya Angelou

Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'

— Maya Angelou

I have need of a friend. There is one and only one who will give the air from his failing lungs for…

— Maya Angelou

Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you've got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many…

— Maya Angelou

Time itself is an individual gift. It is wise to cherish it carefully and give it away generously.

— Maya Angelou

Thank you, always say thank you; it's the greatest gift you can give someone; because thank you is what you say to…

— Maya Angelou

The black kids, the poor white kids, Spanish-speaking kids, and Asian kids in the US - in the face of everything to…

— Maya Angelou

“Although there was always generosity in the Negro neighborhood, it was indulged on pain of sacrifice. Whatever was given by Black people…

— Maya Angelou