May Quotes by Maya Angelou

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

— Maya Angelou

A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.

— Maya Angelou

You think you may not be heard. Speak anyway.

— Maya Angelou

You may not get what you paid for, but you will pay for what you get.

— Maya Angelou

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates…

— 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

Courage, I don't think anybody is born with courage. I think you may be born with a flair to braggadocio, you know.…

— Maya Angelou

You may not remember what a person said to you, you may not remember what a person did to you, but you…

— Maya Angelou

You forgive yourself for every failure because you are trying to do the right thing. God knows that and you know it.…

— Maya Angelou

In all my work, I try to say - 'You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to…

— Maya Angelou

You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still,…

— Maya Angelou

If we live long enough, we may even get over war. I imagine a time when somebody will mention the word war…

— Maya Angelou

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

— Maya Angelou

What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that,…

— Maya Angelou

When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. Some decide that happiness and glee…

— Maya Angelou

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud.…

— Maya Angelou

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try…

— 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

All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and…

— Maya Angelou

I thank God that I've lived long enough to see what I have seen, and I pray that people will continue to…

— 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

My mother had said me, "All right, you've been raised, so don't let anybody else raise you. You know the difference between…

— Maya Angelou

When asked how she knows when her writing is where she wants it to be: "I know when it's the best I…

— Maya Angelou

Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence - neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish…

— Maya Angelou

We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat so that…

— Maya Angelou

I go to a hotel and try to get there by 5:30 in the morning. I keep a dictionary, a thesaurus, a…

— Maya Angelou

...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a…

— Maya Angelou

It may in fact be utterly impossible to be successful without helping others to become successful.

— Maya Angelou

A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but a woman called by a devaluing name will only be weakened…

— Maya Angelou

You may not control all of the events that happen to you but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

— Maya Angelou

We may act sophisticated and worldly but I believe we feel safest when we go inside ourselves and find home, a place…

— Maya Angelou

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply…

— Maya Angelou

We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat, so that…

— Maya Angelou

Like a pianist runs her fingers over the keys, I'll search my mind for what to say. Now, the poem may want…

— Maya Angelou

Intelligence is a separate gift, for the benefit of students, so that they may think of themselves as intellectual and not very…

— Maya Angelou

You may be pretty or plain, heavy or thin, gay or straight, poor or rich. But remember this: In an election, every…

— Maya Angelou

Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything?…

— Maya Angelou

In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we…

— Maya Angelou

Love is a condition so powerful; it may be that which pulls the stars in the firmament. It may be that which…

— Maya Angelou

'God put the rainbow in the clouds, not just in the sky'... It is wise to realize we already have rainbows in…

— Maya Angelou