Heart Quotes by Maya Angelou

“I decided I wouldn't pee on her if her heart was on fire.”

— Maya Angelou

A joyful spirit is evidence of a grateful heart.

— Maya Angelou

The desire to reach hearts is wise

— Maya Angelou

“She lived life as if it had been created just for her”

— Maya Angelou

I think when we don't know what to do it's wise to do nothing. Sit down quietly; quiet our hearts and minds…

— Maya Angelou

When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep

— Maya Angelou

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you…

— Maya Angelou

Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.

— Maya Angelou

My heart is so heavy when I see the reality of the Indian reservation and as an American, I know I am,…

— Maya Angelou

Let the brain go to work, let it meet the heart and you will be able to forgive.

— Maya Angelou

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

— Maya Angelou

If you find it in your Heart to care for someone else, you will have succeeded.

— Maya Angelou

It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember…

— Maya Angelou

Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart would break…

— Maya Angelou

As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves.…

— Maya Angelou

I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a…

— Maya Angelou

Beneath the skin, beyond the differing features and into the true heart of being, fundamentally, we are more alike, my friend, than…

— Maya Angelou

The human heart is so delicate and sensitive that it always needs some tangible encouragement to prevent it from faltering in its…

— Maya Angelou

Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a…

— Maya Angelou

Shakespeare - I was very influenced - still am - by Shakespeare. I couldn't believe that a white man in the 16th…

— Maya Angelou

Soft you day, be velvet soft, My true love approaches, Look you bright, you dusty sun, Array your golden coaches. Soft you…

— Maya Angelou

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day,…

— Maya Angelou

I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a…

— Maya Angelou

I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South,…

— 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

I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that even when…

— Maya Angelou

Poetry and music are the best at the highest level of the human mind. Out of poetry, out of their need for…

— Maya Angelou

Had I known that the heart breaks slowly, dismantling itself into unrecognizable plots of misery... had I known yet I would have…

— 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

I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.

— Maya Angelou

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the…

— Maya Angelou

She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.

— Maya Angelou

But from a distance. I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared…

— Maya Angelou

If I'm the people's poet, then I ought to be in people's hands - and, I hope, in their heart.

— Maya Angelou

Let choice whisper in your ear and love murmur in your heart. Be ready. Here comes life.

— Maya Angelou

The happy heart runs with the river, floats on the air, lifts to the music, soars with the eagle, hopes with the…

— Maya Angelou

[Librarians] study their field with as much determination and as much delight as open-heart surgeons.

— Maya Angelou

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

— Maya Angelou

I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.

— Maya Angelou

I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

— Maya Angelou