--- title: "20 Young Quotes By Maya Angelou" description: "20 Young quotes by Maya Angelou. Plus more from Maya Angelou and more Young sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/maya-angelou-104_blank_the-intensity-with-which-young-people-li_383221.png" --- > [The intensity with which young people live demands that they "blank out" as often as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-intensity-with-which-young-people-live-demands-that-they-blank/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/maya-angelou-104_blank_the-intensity-with-which-young-people-li_383221.png) > [I do hope that young men and women will start to think for themselves and start to take responsibility for their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-do-hope-that-young-men-and-women-will-start-to-think-for-themselves/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/maya-angelou-104_hope_i-do-hope-that-young-men-and-women-will_1056835.png) > [One of the saddest things in the world is to see a cynical young person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/one-of-the-saddest-things-in-the-world-is-to-see-a-cynical-young/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08e/maya-angelou-104_cynical_one-of-the-saddest-things-in-the-world-i_507214.png) > [There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/there-is-nothing-so-pitiful-as-a-young-cynic-because-he-has-gone-from/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/maya-angelou-104_believing_there-is-nothing-so-pitiful-as-a-young-c_2073508.png) > [I think we have systematically and critically harmed ourselves and many young people by advising them not to try things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-think-we-have-systematically-and-critically-harmed-ourselves-and/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/maya-angelou-104_people_i-think-we-have-systematically-and-criti_2771084.png) > [The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-loss-of-young-first-love-is-so-painful-that-it-borders-on-the/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/maya-angelou-104_borders_the-loss-of-young-first-love-is-so-painf_3179961.png) > [I'm young as morning and fresh as dew. Everybody loves me and so do you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-m-young-as-morning-and-fresh-as-dew-everybody-loves-me-and-so-do-you/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e0/maya-angelou-104_believe-in-yourself_i-m-young-as-morning-and-fresh-as-dew-ev_2911865.png) > [I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-love-to-see-a-young-girl-go-out-and-grab-the-world-by-the-lapels/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2a/maya-angelou-104_girl_i-love-to-see-a-young-girl-go-out-and-gr_353473.png) > [Whenever something went wrong when I was young - if I had a pimple or if my hair broke - my mom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/whenever-something-went-wrong-when-i-was-young-if-i-had-a-pimple-or/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/maya-angelou-104_broke_whenever-something-went-wrong-when-i-was_2877695.png) > [I was raped when I was very young. I told my brother the name of the person who had done it. Within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-was-raped-when-i-was-very-young-i-told-my-brother-the-name-of-the/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/maya-angelou-104_brother_i-was-raped-when-i-was-very-young-i-told_2395630.png) > [Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/independence-is-a-heady-draught-and-if-you-drink-it-in-your-youth-it/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/maya-angelou-104_4th-of-july_independence-is-a-heady-draught-and-if-y_667906.png) > [It is very dangerous to make a person larger than life because, then, young men and women are tempted to believe, well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/it-is-very-dangerous-to-make-a-person-larger-than-life-because-then/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/maya-angelou-104_achieve_it-is-very-dangerous-to-make-a-person-la_513580.jpg) > [When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/when-i-look-back-i-am-so-impressed-again-with-the-life-giving-power-2/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70f/maya-angelou-104_book_when-i-look-back-i-am-so-impressed-again_2018805.png) > [It is imperative that young white men and women study the black American history. It is imperative that blacks and whites study…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/it-is-imperative-that-young-white-men-and-women-study-the-black/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/maya-angelou-104_american-history_it-is-imperative-that-young-white-men-an_965452.png) > [A cynical young person is almost the saddest sight to see, because it means that he or she has gone from knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/a-cynical-young-person-is-almost-the-saddest-sight-to-see-because-it/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/maya-angelou-104_almost_a-cynical-young-person-is-almost-the-sad_1711918.png) > [There are great parents of small children - they keep their little hair in bows - but those parents are not always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/there-are-great-parents-of-small-children-they-keep-their-little-hair/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/maya-angelou-104_adults_there-are-great-parents-of-small-childre_3095500.jpg) > [Until recently each generation found it more expedient to plead guilty to the charge of being young and ignorant, easier to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/until-recently-each-generation-found-it-more-expedient-to-plead/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ef/maya-angelou-104_bearable_until-recently-each-generation-found-it_1871357.png) > [I believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. So at this wonderful, young age of 65,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-believe-that-each-of-us-comes-from-the-creator-trailing-wisps-of-2/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89e/maya-angelou-104_age_i-believe-that-each-of-us-comes-from-the_2246350.png) > [I love a statement by the apostle Paul, in the Book of Philippians in the Bible. I think the Corinthians had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-love-a-statement-by-the-apostle-paul-in-the-book-of-philippians-in/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/742/maya-angelou-104_apostle-paul_i-love-a-statement-by-the-apostle-paul-i_828584.png) > [I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-have-a-son-who-is-my-heart-a-wonderful-young-man-daring-and-loving/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/maya-angelou-104_daring_i-have-a-son-who-is-my-heart-a-wonderful_2110807.png) ## Other authors on Young ## 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/young/maya-angelou/#itemlist", "name": "20 Young Quotes By Maya Angelou", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The intensity with which young people live demands that they \"blank out\" as often as possible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maya Angelou" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-intensity-with-which-young-people-live-demands-that-they-blank/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/maya-angelou-104_blank_the-intensity-with-which-young-people-li_383221.png", "contentUrl": 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