Maya Angelou Quotes - Page 6

• Whether you are happy or whether you are sad, it is wise to remember you are really in process.

  Maya Angelou

  Wise, Remember You, Remembers You

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• All great achievements require time.

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  Success, Encouraging, Patience

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 27, 2011

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• I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.

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  Inspirational, Laughter, Laughing

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• I’m grateful for being here, for being able to think, for being able to see, for being able to taste, for appreciating love – for knowing that it exists in a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, and yet love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.

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  Love, Life, Positive

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jan 26, 2013

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• I love living. I love that I'm alive to love my age. There are many people who went to bed just as I did yesterday evening and didn't wake this morning. I love and feel very blessed that I did. I love, too, that I know a little more today than I did yesterday, or I simply know it more profoundly.

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  Morning, Blessed, Yesterday

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• I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

  Maya Angelou

  Pain, Heart, People

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 06, 2013

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• Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Knowing, Women's Rights

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 06, 2012

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• Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.

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  Lonely, Gratitude, Attitude

  Maya Angelou (2008). “Letter to My Daughter”, p.32, Random House

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• I work very hard, and I play very hard. I'm grateful for life. And I live it - I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it.

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  Inspirational, Inspiring, Grateful

  "At 80, Maya Angelou Reflects on a 'Glorious' Life". "Weekend Edition" with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. April 6, 2008.

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• The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change.

  Maya Angelou

  Graduation, Space, Offering

  Poem at 1992 Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies, delivered 21 January 1993

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• In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Life, Romantic

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• When was the last time anyone ever told you how important you are?

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  Important, Lasts, Last Time

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• I don't know if I continue, even today, always liking myself. But what I learned to do many years ago was to forgive myself. It is very important for every human being to forgive herself or himself because if you live, you will make mistakes - it is inevitable. But once you do and you see the mistake, then you forgive yourself and say, 'Well, if I'd known better I'd have done better,' that's all.

  Maya Angelou

  Mistake, Years, Forgiving

  "The Amazing Fitness Adventure for Your Kids: 90 Days to Raising Healthy Children". Book by Phil Parham and Amy Parham, September 1, 2011.

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• Life loves the person who dares to live it.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Love Life, Dare

  Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.77, Random House

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• Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.

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  Inspiring, Death, Inspirational Life

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 02, 2010

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• I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.

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  Love, Inspirational, Trust

  "Do Not Love Your Neighbor as Yourself... Yet" by Rea Nolan Martin, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 29, 2014.

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• Live as though life was created for you.

  Maya Angelou

  "Phenomenal: 12 Pearls of Wisdom From Maya Angelou" by Tai Goodwin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2014.

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• I did what I knew.. when I knew better, I did better

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• Difficult is a far cry from impossible. The distance between these two lies hope. Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.

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  Distance, Lying, Two

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  First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.

  Maya Angelou

  I Love You, Falling In Love, Being In Love

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• Take a day to heal from the lies you've told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.

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  Lying, Healing, Heal

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• I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.

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  Inspirational, Life, Second Chance

  Twitter post from Mar 03, 2013

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• Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.

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  Life, Wise, Doe

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• Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.

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  Love, Inspirational, Inspiring

  "Maya Angelou’s Art Collection Will Give You The Fire To Finish The Day Right" by Priscilla Frank, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 21, 2015.

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• The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story.

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  Inspiring, Thoughtful, Loving Life

  "Phenomenal: 12 Pearls of Wisdom From Maya Angelou" by Tai Goodwin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2014.

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