Maya Angelou Quotes
There are many reasons to love Maya Angelou. The great author, poet, and civil rights activist lived a meaningful life, touched the lives of millions, and influenced countless people. In fact, she passed away in 2008, but her words of wisdom live on in her many quotes. We've chosen three of her most inspiring quotes to share with you. Read on to find out why. Whether you're struggling to face your own problems or are just looking for inspiration, Maya Angelou's words are sure to touch your heart and inspire you.Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928 in Arkansas. Despite her seemingly idyllic upbringing, Angelou had a difficult life. While her family was impoverished and famine was common in her hometown, she worked as a sex worker, nightclub dancer, fry cook, and journalist. In 1982, she was named the Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University. During her time there, she also forged strong friendships with Martin Luther King Jr.
One of her most famous poems, "Africa," was written about the continent's resources, which were stolen by European imperialists, who took their people to the Americas and sold them as slaves. Angelou compared Africa to a beautiful woman, and describes the white invaders as selling African sons and bleeding the continent with guns. She also reflects on the value of working on oneself.
- You can’t get too high for somebody to bring you down.
- You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, I’ll rise.
- A caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.
- A bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.
- The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.
Read also
- We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.
- Don’t do anything that you think is wrong. Just do what you think is right, and then be ready to back it up even with your life.
- I do my best because I’m counting on you counting on me. Maya Angelou
- If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be. Maya Angelou
- Nothing will work unless you do. Maya Angelou
Read also
- Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. Maya Angelou
- Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else. Maya Angelou
- Only equals can become friends. Maya Angelou
- If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. Maya Angelou
- You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody. Maya Angelou
Read also
- We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. Maya Angelou
- The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. 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
- Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art. Maya Angelou
- When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed. Maya Angelou
Read also
- I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. Maya Angelou
- If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me? Maya Angelou
- You can’t really know where you are going until you know where you have been.
- 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.
- Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
- The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world.
Read also
- If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.
- When you know you are of worth — not asking it but knowing it — you walk into a room with a particular power
- Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
- You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
- My work is to be honest. My work is to try to think clearly, then have the courage to make sure that what I say is the truth.
Read also
- I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.
- Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
- Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.
- If one has courage, nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
- When you get give. When you learn teach.
Read also
- There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
- I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
- Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
- Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.
- 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.
- I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.
Read also
- Your belief and your work will speak for you.
- All great achievements require time.
- Determine to live life with flair and laughter.
- Effective action is always unjust.
- We need much less than we think we need.
- The honorary duty of a human being is to love.
- Everybody is worth everything.
- Achievement brings its own anticlimax.
- Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
- I believe that every person is born with talent.
Read also
- The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
Read also
Comments
Post a Comment