Maya Angelou Quotes

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  If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspiring, Success, Encouragement

  Twitter post from Mar 09, 2017

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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 how you made them feel.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 15, 2014

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  My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Twitter post from Aug 19, 2015

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  You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Maya Angelou (1994). “Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women”, Random House Incorporated

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• You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

  Maya Angelou

  Motivational, Encounters, May

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• Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

  Maya Angelou

  Success, Cancer, Positivity

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• When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That's why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are

  Maya Angelou

  Believe, People, Important

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• Open your eyes to the beauty around you, open your mind to the wonders of life, open your heart to those who love you, and always be true to yourself.

  Maya Angelou

  Love You, Eye, Heart

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• In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Strength, Beauty

  Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wit and Wisdom of Maya Angelou”, p.9, Hachette UK

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  If you are going down a road and don't like what's in front of you, and look behind you and don't like what you see, get off the road. Create a new path!

  Maya Angelou

  Positive Attitude, Looks, Path

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jan 19, 2011

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• Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space. Invite one to stay.

  Maya Angelou

  Space, Mind Your Own Business, Hopes And Fears

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• Its not where your dreams take you, its where you take your dreams.

  Maya Angelou

  Dream, Your Dreams

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• Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm, when we look at each other we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other and empathize with each other because each of us is more alike than we are unalike.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Sympathy, Spiritual

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Nov 05, 2012

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  My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Kindness

  Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.71, Random House

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• Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, People, The End Of The Day

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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.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from May 15, 2013

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• Hope does not take away your problems. It can lift you above them.

  Maya Angelou

  Doe, Problem, Lifts

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• If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you will look forward, do so prayerfully. But the wisest course would be to be present in the present gratefully.

  Maya Angelou

  Would Be, Looks, Courses

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• When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Beautiful, Education

  Maya Angelou (2015). “The Complete Poetry”, p.258, Random House

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• Every journey begins with a single step.

  Maya Angelou

  Running, Journey, Hiking

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• Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Strength, Moving On

  Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.58, Random House

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• Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspiring, Heart, Thoughtful

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• You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Thinking, Clouds

  Maya Angelou (2010). “Letter To My Daughter”, p.7, Hachette UK

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• Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'

  Maya Angelou

  Being Strong, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

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