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title: "Best Life Quotations by Maya Angelou"
description: "159 Life quotes by Maya Angelou. Plus more from Maya Angelou and more Life sayings from other authors."
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> [The intensity with which young people live demands that they "blank out" as often as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-intensity-with-which-young-people-live-demands-that-they-blank/)

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> [We are here to love each other. That is why you are alive. That is what life is for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/we-are-here-to-love-each-other-that-is-why-you-are-alive-that-is-what/)

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> [In a magazine, one can get - from cover to cover - 15 to 20 different ideas about life and how to live it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/in-a-magazine-one-can-get-from-cover-to-cover-15-to-20-different/)

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> [Life loves the liver of it. You must live and life will be good to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/life-loves-the-liver-of-it-you-must-live-and-life-will-be-good-to-you/)

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> [Living a life is like constructing a building: if you start wrong, you'll end wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/living-a-life-is-like-constructing-a-building-if-you-start-wrong-you/)

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> [Sometimes the people whom we've known only a short amount of time have a bigger impact on us than those we've known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/sometimes-the-people-whom-we-ve-known-only-a-short-amount-of-time/)

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> [You rose into my life like a promised sunrise, brightening my days with the light in your eyes. I've never been so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/you-rose-into-my-life-like-a-promised-sunrise-brightening-my-days/)

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> [He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education, and even more amazing no superiority complex…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/he-was-a-simple-man-who-had-no-inferiority-complex-about-his-lack-of/)

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> [Have a purpose to your life: Purpose does not mean having a job...You can have a job and still be unfulfilled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/have-a-purpose-to-your-life-purpose-does-not-mean-having-a-job-you/)

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> [Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/hope-for-the-best-be-prepared-for-the-worse-life-is-shocking-but-you/)

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> [Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/does-my-sexiness-upset-you-does-it-come-as-a-surprise-that-i-dance/)

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> [“It was awful to be Negro and have no control over my life. It was brutal to be young and already trained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/it-was-awful-to-be-negro-and-have-no-control-over-my-life-it-was/)

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> [I try to live what I consider a "poetic existence." That means I take responsibility for the air I breathe and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-try-to-live-what-i-consider-a-poetic-existence-that-means-i-take/)

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> [I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-find-it-interesting-that-the-meanest-life-the-poorest-existence-is-2/)

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> [Home is that youthful region where a child is the only real living inhabitant. Parents, siblings, and neighbors are mysterious apparitions who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/home-is-that-youthful-region-where-a-child-is-the-only-real-living/)

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> [I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-believe-talent-is-like-electricity-we-don-t-understand-electricity-2/)

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> [The autobiographer looks at life through the lens of his or her own life and really uses herself or himself as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-autobiographer-looks-at-life-through-the-lens-of-his-or-her-own/)

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> [“The resignation of its inhabitants encouraged me to relax. They showed me a contentment based on the belief that nothing more was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-resignation-of-its-inhabitants-encouraged-me-to-relax-they-showed/)

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> [Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/light-and-shadow-are-opposite-sides-of-the-same-coin-we-can/)

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> [“I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-ve-learned-that-you-shouldn-t-go-through-life-with-a-catcher-s-mitt/)

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> [We need language to tell us who we are, how we feel, what we're capable of- to explain the pains and glory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/we-need-language-to-tell-us-who-we-are-how-we-feel-what-we-re-capable/)

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> [I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-ve-learned-that-you-can-tell-a-lot-about-a-person-by-the-way-s-he/)

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> [You might encounter defeats but you must never be defeated... Love a lot. Laugh a lot at the silliest things and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/you-might-encounter-defeats-but-you-must-never-be-defeated-love-a-lot/)

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> [We are the victims of the world's most comprehensive robbery. Life demands a balance. It's all right if we do a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/we-are-the-victims-of-the-world-s-most-comprehensive-robbery-life/)

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> [Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/modesty-is-a-learned-affectation-and-as-soon-as-life-slams-the-modest/)

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> [I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-want-to-thank-you-lord-for-life-and-all-that-s-in-it-thank-you-for/)

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> [The happy heart runs with the river, floats on the air, lifts to the music, soars with the eagle, hopes with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-happy-heart-runs-with-the-river-floats-on-the-air-lifts-to-the/)

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> [What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/what-you-re-supposed-to-do-when-you-don-t-like-a-thing-is-change-it/)

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> [I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-would-like-to-be-known-as-an-intelligent-woman-a-courageous-woman-a/)

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> [We may act sophisticated and worldly but I believe we feel safest when we go inside ourselves and find home, a place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/we-may-act-sophisticated-and-worldly-but-i-believe-we-feel-safest/)

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> [I thank God I'm myself and for the life I'm given to live and for friends and lovers and beloveds, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-thank-god-i-m-myself-and-for-the-life-i-m-given-to-live-and-for/)

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> [Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you've got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/love-life-engage-in-it-give-it-all-you-ve-got-love-it-with-a-passion/)

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> [My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/my-life-has-been-one-great-big-joke-a-dance-that-s-walked-a-song-that/)

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> [I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-ve-learned-that-regardless-of-your-relationship-with-your-parents/)

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> [“I wouldn't miss Mrs. Flowers, for she had given me her secret word which called forth a djinn who was to serve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-wouldn-t-miss-mrs-flowers-for-she-had-given-me-her-secret-word/)

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> [We agreed that great men and women should be forced to live as long as possible. The reverence they enjoyed was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/we-agreed-that-great-men-and-women-should-be-forced-to-live-as-long/)

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> [I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-m-considered-wise-and-sometimes-i-see-myself-as-knowing-most-of-the/)

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> [“Since life is our most precious gift And since it is given to us to live but once, Let us so live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/since-life-is-our-most-precious-gift-and-since-it-is-given-to-us-to/)

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> [My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/my-life-has-been-long-and-believing-that-life-loves-the-liver-of-it-i/)

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> [Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/courage-the-most-important-of-all-the-virtues-because-without-courage/)

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> [If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/if-we-accept-being-talked-to-any-kind-of-a-way-then-we-are-telling/)

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> [You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/you-should-be-angry-you-must-not-be-bitter-bitterness-is-like-cancer/)

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> [“You are very kind and very intelligent and those elements are not always found together. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, and my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/you-are-very-kind-and-very-intelligent-and-those-elements-are-not/)

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> [I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-agreed-a-long-time-ago-i-would-not-live-at-any-cost-if-i-am-moved/)

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> [You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/you-want-me-to-do-something-tell-me-i-can-t-do-it/)

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> [Intelligence is a separate gift, for the benefit of students, so that they may think of themselves as intellectual and not very intelligent, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/intelligence-is-a-separate-gift-for-the-benefit-of-students-so-that/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

> [Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/life-is-going-to-give-you-just-what-you-put-in-it-put-your-whole/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

> [“You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/you-may-write-me-down-in-history-with-your-bitter-twisted-lies-you/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

> [The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-more-you-know-of-your-history-the-more-liberated-you-are/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

> [Life offers us tickets to places which we have not knowingly asked for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/life-offers-us-tickets-to-places-which-we-have-not-knowingly-asked-for/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

> [Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/every-person-needs-to-take-one-day-away-a-day-in-which-one/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

> [I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-m-working-at-trying-to-be-a-christian-and-that-s-serious-business/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

> [Nathaniel Hawthorne once said that easy reading is damn hard writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/nathaniel-hawthorne-once-said-that-easy-reading-is-damn-hard-writing/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

> [Sunday, if I'm lucky, I'll go to church or listen to some good spiritual advice on the television or on the radio. I take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/sunday-if-i-m-lucky-i-ll-go-to-church-or-listen-to-some-good/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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