Heard Quotes by Maya Angelou

11 Heard quotes by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou’s profound sensitivity to the world’s whispers is captured in these eleven short pieces. They give you a fast, moving sense of how she transforms hearing into empowerment.

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You think you may not be heard. Speak anyway.

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Everyone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. You have to admit you're the…

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

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I have heard it said that winter, too, will pass, that spring is a sign that summer is due at last. See,…

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Take the blinders from your vision take the padding from your ears and confess you've heard me crying and admit you've seen…

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The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the…

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You are the sum total of everything you've seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot- it's all right there.

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I had read a Tale of Two Cities and found it up to my standards as a romantic novel. She opened the…

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You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences…

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I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also…

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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…

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

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“You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust,…

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The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.

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Life offers us tickets to places which we have not knowingly asked for.

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Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and…

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