Quotes About Women Maya Angelou
“There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.” – Maya Angelou
“If you’re always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” – Maya Angelou
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” – 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
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” – Maya Angelou
“If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?” – Maya Angelou
“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.” – Maya Angelou
“Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” – Maya Angelou
“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.” – Maya Angelou
“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.” – Maya Angelou
Quotes About Strong Women Maya Angelou
“Always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.” – Maya Angelou
“I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.” – Maya Angelou
“My life has been one great big joke, a dance that’s walked, a song that’s spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.” – Maya Angelou
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” – Maya Angelou
“I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.” – Maya Angelou
“Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.” – Maya Angelou
“I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.” – Maya Angelou
“Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.” – Maya Angelou
“Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it.” – Maya Angelou
“We are only as blind as we want to be.” – Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou Quotes About Black Women
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou
“This is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth.” – Maya Angelou
“On this platform of peace, we can create a language to translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other.” – Maya Angelou
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou
“Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
“I did then what I knew best, when I knew better, I did better.” – Maya Angelou
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” – Maya Angelou
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” – Maya Angelou