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World Quotes by Maya Angelou

48 World quotes by Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou speaks of dignity, home, and the gap between facts and truth. She urges us to treat ourselves as worthy, to find refuge in a beautiful space, and to let a young girl grab the world by its lapels. The quotes blend personal strength with a call for lasting impact.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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…

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Just do right. Right may not be expedient, it may not be profitable, but it will satisfy your soul. It brings you…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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…

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

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

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

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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.

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

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There are those who say that poets should use her and his art to change the world. I'd agree with that, but…

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Life offers us tickets to places which we have not knowingly asked for.

Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and…

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…

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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…