Great Quotes by Maya Angelou

13 Great quotes by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou’s voice carries a quiet fire, and this short set of 13 lines captures her take on what makes a life truly great. It’s a compact place to turn when you want a moment of lyrical encouragement.

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All great acheivements require time.

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I have great respect for the past.

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You can never be great at anything unless you love it.

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

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You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for

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Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to…

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I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.

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All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we…

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I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, 'No. No, I'm finished. Bye.'…

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I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but…

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My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God - I thank God every time I think of it…

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The first decade of the twentieth century was not a great time to be born black and poor and female in St.…

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I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going. I…

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