"A cynical young person is almost the saddest……" — Maya Angelou
"A cynical young person is almost the saddest sight to see, because it means that he or she has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing."
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760 Quotes by Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou has 760 quotes on this site.
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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget…
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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love…
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While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else…
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Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go…
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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
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I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able…
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If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
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Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You…
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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from…
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On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA,…
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A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.
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He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as…
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There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews.
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The chief difficulty which prevents men of science from believing in divine as well as in nature Spirits is their…
— H. P. Blavatsky
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A lot of people do that kind of nostalgia stuff believing that they were very happy in their teenage years,…
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Big women do themselves a disservice when they attempt to become the Righteous Fat (the Righteous Thin are bad enough,…
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To believe that one, or even three, mates can supply all the things one needs from one's friends is as…
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We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have…
— Louisa May Alcott
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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and…
— Samuel Butler
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To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that…
— Albert Camus
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