Young Quotes by Maya Angelou

The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous.

— Maya Angelou

I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.

— Maya Angelou

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

— Maya Angelou

I'm young as morning and fresh as dew. Everybody loves me and so do you.

— Maya Angelou

I do hope that young men and women will start to think for themselves and start to take responsibility for their own…

— Maya Angelou

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

— Maya Angelou

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

— Maya Angelou

I think we have systematically and critically harmed ourselves and many young people by advising them not to try things.

— 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

It is very dangerous to make a person larger than life because, then, young men and women are tempted to believe, well,…

— Maya Angelou

A cynical young person is almost the saddest sight to see, because it means that he or she has gone from knowing…

— Maya Angelou

It is imperative that young white men and women study the black American history. It is imperative that blacks and whites study…

— Maya Angelou

I was raped when I was very young. I told my brother the name of the person who had done it. Within…

— Maya Angelou

Whenever something went wrong when I was young - if I had a pimple or if my hair broke - my mom…

— Maya Angelou

Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain…

— Maya Angelou

I believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. So at this wonderful, young age of 65,…

— Maya Angelou

I love a statement by the apostle Paul, in the Book of Philippians in the Bible. I think the Corinthians had been…

— Maya Angelou

Until recently each generation found it more expedient to plead guilty to the charge of being young and ignorant, easier to take…

— Maya Angelou

There are great parents of small children - they keep their little hair in bows - but those parents are not always…

— Maya Angelou

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

— Maya Angelou