"When I look back, I am so impressed……" — Maya Angelou

"When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature."

— Maya Angelou

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760 Quotes by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou has 760 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget…
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love…
While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else…
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go…
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able…
If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You…
Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

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More Giving Quotes

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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be… — Hannah Arendt
I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can… — Alexis Arguello
I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;… — Aristotle
I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service. — Richard Bach
Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They… — Karen Armstrong
Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself… — Johann Arndt
Give yourself something to work toward - constantly. — Mary Kay Ash
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great… — Isaac Asimov
For it is in giving that we receive. — Francis of Assisi

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