World Quotes by Maya Angelou

The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.

— Maya Angelou

If you're going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can't be erased.

— Maya Angelou

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

— Maya Angelou

If I have a monument in this world, it is my son.

— Maya Angelou

You can see in others what they don't see in themselves and what the world doesn't see in them,

— Maya Angelou

Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.

— Maya Angelou

We are missing Michael. But we do know we had him, and we are the world.

— Maya Angelou

One of the saddest things in the world is to see a cynical young person.

— 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

Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself.

— Maya Angelou

While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.

— Maya Angelou

The root cause of all the problems we have in the world today is ignorance of course. But most, polarization.

— Maya Angelou

People trying to separate people rather than bring us together... please. You don't just see it in America. It's all over the…

— Maya Angelou

My mother is so full of joy and life. I am her child. And that is better than being the child of…

— Maya Angelou

My grandmother told me that every good thing I do helps some human being in the world. I believed her 50 years…

— Maya Angelou

I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a…

— Maya Angelou

I did get knocked down flat in front of the whole world, and I rose. I didn't run away - I rose…

— Maya Angelou

I'm convinced that I'm a child of God. That's wonderful, exhilarating, liberating, full of promise. But the burden which goes along with…

— 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

Home is a refuge not only from the world, but a refuge from my worries, my troubles, my concerns. I like beautiful…

— Maya Angelou

When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today,…

— Maya Angelou

Food served is always more than just food served. That is to say, it is more than just fuel for the body.…

— Maya Angelou

Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings…

— Maya Angelou

There is a world of difference between facts and the truth. You can have so many facts that you don't deal with…

— Maya Angelou

Find something you like, go into a room, close the door and read it aloud. Read it aloud. Everybody in the world…

— Maya Angelou

I know, that since life is our most precious gift, and as far as we can be absolutely certain, it's given to…

— Maya Angelou

What we really have to do is take a day and sit down and think. The world is not going to end…

— Maya Angelou

I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness.

— Maya Angelou

If you have a song to sing, who are you not to open your mouth and sing to the world?

— Maya Angelou

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.

— Maya Angelou

The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.

— Maya Angelou

Laugh as often as possible. You must. Because the world will offer you every reason to weep. So as often as possible,…

— Maya Angelou

Look heavenward and speak the word aloud. Peace. We look at our world and speak the word aloud. Peace.

— Maya Angelou

We are the victims of the world's most comprehensive robbery. Life demands a balance. It's all right if we do a little…

— Maya Angelou

The most difficult thing in the world, it seems to me, is to realize that I am a child of God; to…

— Maya Angelou

In a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.

— Maya Angelou

When we come to it We must confess that we are the possible We are the miraculous, the true wonders of this…

— Maya Angelou

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with…

— Maya Angelou

Everybody in the world wants the same thing...to be needed...a job that he/she can do well...to love somebody...Everybody...There's no mystery.

— Maya Angelou

Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or…

— Maya Angelou