Maya Angelou Quotes - Famous Quotes by Maya Angelou
Born: 1928-04-04
Died: 0000-00-00
Maya Angelou Biography
All great achievements require time.
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All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.
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Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
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Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
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For Africa to me is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.
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History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
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How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
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I answer the heroic question 'Death, where is thy sting' with 'It is here in my heart and mind and memories.'
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I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
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I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
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I know why the caged bird sings.
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If someone tells you who they are, believe them.
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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
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If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.
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In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric.
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Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.'
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Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.
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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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My life has been one great big joke A dance that's walked A song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke When I think about myself.
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Nothing will work unless you do.
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Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
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The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.
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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.
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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
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We really are 15 countries, and it's really remarkable that each of us thinks we represent the real America. The Midwesterner in Kansas, the black American in Durham -- both are certain they are the real American.
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When you learn, teach. When you get, give.
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While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.
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Without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues.
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You may encounter defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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