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“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.”

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

“Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.”

Maya Angelou book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.”

“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.”

Source: Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer

“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.”

Maya Angelou book Letter to My Daughter

Source: Letter to My Daughter

“I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.”

Variant: I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

“We need much less than we think we need.”

“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.”

“Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.”

“Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.”

As quoted in USA Today (5 March 1988)
Variant:
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
As quoted in Diversity : Leaders Not Labels (2006) by Stedman Graham, p. 224

“I sustain myself with the love of family.”

“Be present in all things and thankful for all things.”

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

“The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story…”

“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.”

Maya Angelou book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Variant: It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.
Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

As quoted in Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989) by Jeffrey M. Elliot

“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”

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

“All great achievements require time.”