--- title: "15 Myself Quotes By Maya Angelou" description: "15 Myself quotes by Maya Angelou. Plus more from Maya Angelou and more Myself sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/maya-angelou-104_created_i-created-myself-i-have-taught-myself-so_1179952.png" --- > [I created myself. I have taught myself so much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-created-myself-i-have-taught-myself-so-much/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/maya-angelou-104_created_i-created-myself-i-have-taught-myself-so_1179952.png) > [At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/at-50-i-began-to-know-who-i-was-it-was-like-waking-up-to-myself/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a62/maya-angelou-104_began_at-50-i-began-to-know-who-i-was-it-was-l_915186.png) > [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/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/maya-angelou-104_friends_i-thank-god-i-m-myself-and-for-the-life_2757726.jpg) > [I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-respect-myself-and-insist-upon-it-from-everybody-and-because-i-do/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/maya-angelou-104_because_i-respect-myself-and-insist-upon-it-from_941988.png) > [I read the Bible to myself; I'll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-read-the-bible-to-myself-i-ll-take-any-translation-any-edition-and/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/maya-angelou-104_beautiful_i-read-the-bible-to-myself-i-ll-take-any_407526.jpg) > [I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-learned-a-long-time-ago-the-wisest-thing-i-can-do-is-be-on-my-own/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/maya-angelou-104_experience_i-learned-a-long-time-ago-the-wisest-thi_777987.png) > [I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-would-be-a-liar-a-hypocrite-or-a-fool-and-i-m-not-any-of-those-to/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/372/maya-angelou-104_behinds_i-would-be-a-liar-a-hypocrite-or-a-fool_129661.png) > [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/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/maya-angelou-104_bored_i-m-considered-wise-and-sometimes-i-see_734201.png) > [I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-know-some-people-might-think-it-odd-unworthy-even-for-me-to-have/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/maya-angelou-104_apology_i-know-some-people-might-think-it-odd-un_1050864.png) > [I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-always-knew-from-that-moment-from-the-time-i-found-myself-at-home/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/maya-angelou-104_always_i-always-knew-from-that-moment-from-the_801133.png) > [I promised myself that I would write as well as I can, tell the truth, not to tell everything I know, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-promised-myself-that-i-would-write-as-well-as-i-can-tell-the-truth/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/maya-angelou-104_affords_i-promised-myself-that-i-would-write-as_1785681.png) > [I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-liked-to-write-from-the-time-i-was-about-12-or-13-i-loved-to-read/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04b/maya-angelou-104_brother_i-liked-to-write-from-the-time-i-was-abo_1892415.png) > [What humility does for one is it reminds us that there are people before me. I have already been paid for. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/what-humility-does-for-one-is-it-reminds-us-that-there-are-people/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/maya-angelou-104_been_what-humility-does-for-one-is-it-reminds_2472695.jpg) > [I'm very, very serious - I'm serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-m-very-very-serious-i-m-serious-enough-not-to-take-myself-too/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f7/maya-angelou-104_enough_i-m-very-very-serious-i-m-serious-enough_2171400.jpg) > [The language of all the interpretations, the translations, of the Judaic Bible and the Christian Bible, is musical, just wonderful. I read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-language-of-all-the-interpretations-the-translations-of-the/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac6/maya-angelou-104_aloud_the-language-of-all-the-interpretations_625002.png) ## Other authors on Myself ## More by Maya Angelou > [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/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [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/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [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/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [“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/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [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/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [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/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/myself/maya-angelou/#itemlist", "name": "15 Myself Quotes By Maya Angelou", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I created myself. 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