Maya Angelou Quotes About Heart

• 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

• I think when we don't know what to do it's wise to do nothing. Sit down quietly; quiet our hearts and minds and breathe deeply.

  Maya Angelou

  Wise, Heart, Thinking

• The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Twitter post from Sep 28, 2016

• If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Inspirational, Broken Heart

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Nov 29, 2010

• As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may not remember your name but they will never forget the way you made them feel.

  Maya Angelou

  Heart, Nursing, Opportunity

• The happy heart runs with the river, floats on the air, lifts to the music, soars with the eagle, hopes with the prayer.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Running

• 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

• 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

• A joyful spirit is evidence of a grateful heart.

  Maya Angelou

  Grateful, Heart, Spirit

• 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

• I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Heart, Decision

  Twitter post from Mar 12, 2017

• I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.

  Maya Angelou

  Strong, Heart, Son

  Twitter post from Nov 26, 2015

• All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike.

  Maya Angelou

  Heart, Artist, Resources

  "Maya Angelou: 'I'm fine as wine in the summertime'". Interview With Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2009.

• I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights. I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'. I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. 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 some things back.

  Maya Angelou

  Yoga, Heart, Rainy Day

• Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a sense of humor. So he was accessible.

  Maya Angelou

  Kings, Powerful, Heart

  "America's Renaissance Woman". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 22, 1997.

• Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Heart

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 17, 2015

• Let the brain go to work, let it meet the heart and you will be able to forgive.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspiring, Forgiveness, Heart

  Twitter post from Apr 06, 2014

• The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Wisdom, Communication

• Lift up your eyes upon
  This day breaking for you.
  Give birth again
  To the dream.
  Women, children, men,
  Take it into the palms of your hands.
  Mold it into the shape of your most
  Private need. Sculpt it into
  The image of your most public self.
  Lift up your hearts
  Each new hour holds new chances
  For a new beginning.

  Maya Angelou

  Dream, Children, New Beginnings

  Poem at 1992 Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies, delivered 21 January 1993

• Poetry and music are the best at the highest level of the human mind. Out of poetry, out of their need for poetry, human beings have developed the idea of God. And so when we sing, when we dance, when we speak poetry we are speaking out of God's mouth, each other out of the music from God's heart.

  Maya Angelou

  Heart, Ideas, Mind

  Source: blues.gr

• I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a heart pump going, light a cathedral, or you can electrocute a person with it. Electricity will do all that. It makes no judgment. I think talent is like that. I believe every person is born with talent.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Motivation, Believe

• When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep

  Maya Angelou

  Heart, Sleep, Soul

  Maya Angelou (2010). “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”, p.194, Hachette UK

• Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.

  Maya Angelou

  Powerful, Writing, Heart

• My heart is so heavy when I see the reality of the Indian reservation and as an American, I know I am, too, responsible.

  Maya Angelou

  Heart, Reality, Responsible

  "America's Renaissance Woman". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 22, 1997.

• I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South, all the way up until I walked up the steps of the New York City library, I always felt, in any town, if I can get to a library, I'll be okay. It really helped me as a child, and that never left me. So I have a special place for every library, in my heart of hearts.

  Maya Angelou

  New York, Children, Home

  "Interview: How Libraries Changed Maya Angelou’s Life". Interview with Angela Montefinise, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 29, 2010.

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