Maya Angelou Quotes About Bitterness

• Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Cancer, Anger

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

• You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure. So use that anger. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop talking it.

  Maya Angelou

  Cancer, Writing, Talking

  "Women Are Angrier Than Ever Before - And They're Doing Something About It" by Melissa Harris-Perry, www.elle.com. March 9, 2018.

• The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Friendship, Dream

  Twitter post from May 19, 2013

• I'm very blessed that I have a healthy temper. I can become quite angry and burning in anger, but I have never been bitter. Bitterness is a corrosive, terrible acid. It just eats you and makes you sick.

  Maya Angelou

  Blessed, Sick, Healthy

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

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