Maya Angelou Quotes About Compassion

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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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  Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Relationship, Inspiring

  Maya Angelou (2008). “Letter to My Daughter”, p.5, Random House

• If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Twitter post from Jan 15, 2017

• You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Maya Angelou (2008). “Letter to My Daughter”, p.5, Random House

• When you know better you do better.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

• It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Forgiveness

  Twitter post from Jul 21, 2016

• My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive

  Maya Angelou

  Passion, Will To Survive, Aim Of Life

  Twitter post from Aug 19, 2015

• Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Dec 17, 2013

• I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 04, 2013

• When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

  Maya Angelou

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

  Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.11, Bantam

• 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

• My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Inspirational, Inspiring

• The question is not how to survive, but how to thrive with passion, compassion, humor and style.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Success, Passion

• I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love, because that liberates. Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind. Love says, 'I love you. I love you if you're in China. I love you if you're across town. I love you if you're in Harlem. I love you. I would like to be near you. I'd like to have your arms around me. I'd like to hear your voice in my ear. But that's not possible now, so I love you. Go.'

  Maya Angelou

  Inspiring, Love You, Grateful

  "6 Maya Angelou Quotes About Love to Incorporate Into Your Wedding" by Kim Fusaro, www.glamour.com. May 29, 2014.

• You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it.'

  Maya Angelou

  Positive, Forgiveness, Mean

• Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.

  Maya Angelou

  Compassion, Glory, Wisps

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

• I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

  Maya Angelou

  Positive, Sweet, Believe

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

• Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in somebody's footsteps.'

  Maya Angelou

  Humility, Compassion, Modesty

• Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion, and style.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Passion, Profound

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style. We had him whether we know who he was or did not know, he was ours and we were his.

  Maya Angelou

  Passion, Compassion, Style

  "Maya Angelou's Poem About Michael Jackson: 'We Had Him'" by Jocelyn Vena, www.mtv.com. July 7, 2009.

• Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, "I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth." Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, "Yes, I deserve it."

  Maya Angelou

  Compassion, People, Heaven

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey for O, The Oprah Magazine, www.oprah.com. December 2000.

• Though we are many, each of us is achingly alone, piercingly alone. Only when we confess our confusion can we remember that he was a gift to us and we did have him. He came to us from the creator, trailing creativity in abundance. Despite the anguish, his life was sheathed in mother love, family love, and survived and did more than that. He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style. We had him whether we know who he was or did not know, he was ours and we were his.

  Maya Angelou

  Mother, Passion, Creativity

  "Liveblogging Michael Jackson's funeral and memorial service" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. July 7, 2009.

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