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 Maya Angelou Quotes
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“To grow up is to stop putting blame on parents” 
― Maya Angelou
“Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.” 
― Maya Angelou
“Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud.” 
― Maya Angelou
“A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.” 
― Maya Angelou
“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” 
― Maya Angelou
“You should never make someone a priority who views you as an option.” 
― Maya Angelou
“The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.” 
― Maya Angelou
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” 
― Maya Angelou
“Faith is the evidence of the unseen.” 
 Maya Angelou
“Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!” 
― Maya Angelou
“Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.” 
― Maya Angelou
“Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.”  ― Maya Angelou
“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
“I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.” 
― Maya Angelou
“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
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” 
― Maya Angelou
“No,nobody but nobody can make it out her alone.” 
― Maya Angelou
“If more Africans had eaten missionaries, the continent would be in better shape” 
― Maya Angelou
“You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for” 
― Maya Angelou
“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.” 
― Maya Angelou
“A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” 
 Maya Angelou
“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.” 
― Maya Angelou
“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” 
― Maya Angelou
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” 
― Maya Angelou
“Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.” 
― Maya Angelou
Nationality: American
Born: April 4, 1928
Died: May 28, 2014 
Known For: Author, Poet, Dancer, Actress, and Singer.