People Quotes by Maya Angelou

Don't trust people who don't laugh. I don't.

— Maya Angelou

People will never forget how you made them feel.

— Maya Angelou

Don't trust people who don't laugh

— Maya Angelou

“Very few people grow up”

— Maya Angelou

To make a difference is not a matter of accident...People CHOOSE to make a difference.

— Maya Angelou

“If you only have one smile in you, give it to the people you love.”

— Maya Angelou

I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.

— Maya Angelou

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

— Maya Angelou

I write because I am a Black woman, listening attentively to her people.

— Maya Angelou

The intensity with which young people live demands that they "blank out" as often as possible.

— Maya Angelou

I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.

— 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

I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat…

— Maya Angelou

People don't always remember what you say or even what you do, but they always remember how you make them feel.

— Maya Angelou

When teachers or people in authority put me down or in one way or another tried to make me feel less than…

— Maya Angelou

I thank God I'm myself and for the life I'm given to live and for friends and lovers and beloveds, and I…

— Maya Angelou

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

— Maya Angelou

There is a lot of ignorance, and I don't mean intellectual ignorance. I mean people think that if you get something, it…

— Maya Angelou

I believe what I have to say is important, and I believe the people coming to hear me are important, and so…

— Maya Angelou

My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into…

— Maya Angelou

What humility does for one is it reminds us that there are people before me. I have already been paid for. And…

— Maya Angelou

By no amount of agile exercising of a wistful imagination could my mother have been called lenient. Generous she was; indulgent never.…

— Maya Angelou

I pray for humility because that comes from inside out. And what humility does for one, is it reminds us that there…

— Maya Angelou

I love living. I love that I'm alive to love my age. There are many people who went to bed just as…

— 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

I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I…

— Maya Angelou

I'm really saddened by the attempts to separate and polarize. This is a time when we have hungry people, people out of…

— Maya Angelou

Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening…

— Maya Angelou

“Let's tell the truth to people. When people ask, 'How are you?' have the nerve sometimes to answer truthfully. You must know,…

— Maya Angelou

My people couldn't have survived slavery without having hope that it would get better. And there's some songs from the 19th and…

— Maya Angelou

In the 16th century, [Niccolò] Machiavelli - in an attempt to get back in the good graces of the powerful - wrote…

— Maya Angelou

Without defeats, how do you really know who the hell you are? If you never had to stand up to something -…

— Maya Angelou

A certain person wondered why a big strong girl like me wouldn't keep a job which paid a normal salary. I took…

— Maya Angelou

I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they're telling the truth.…

— Maya Angelou

Being thankful helps you to be present.People commit errors because they are not present.I would encourage women and men to be present…

— Maya Angelou

The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.

— Maya Angelou

My son is the best thing that ever happened to me. And through me - to a lot of people.

— Maya Angelou

Rainbows are people whose lives are bright, shining examples for others.

— Maya Angelou

Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older.

— Maya Angelou

It's wonderful that whenever Patsy Cline's name is mentioned, people's voices fall and they become right sentimental. And, rightly so.

— Maya Angelou