"You may write me down in history With……" — Maya Angelou
"You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, I'll rise."
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Maya Angelou
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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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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
— Aristotle
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I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
— Francis Bacon
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Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.
— Jan Peter Balkenende
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Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!
— Honore de Balzac
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I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally…
— Drew Barrymore
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I am never writing a breakup record again, by the way. I'm done with being a bitter witch.
— Adele
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There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal…
— Allen Boyd
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People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just…
— Jo Brand
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Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.
— Terry Brooks
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Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing…
— Julie Burchill
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