Maya Angelou: Trending quotes (page 6)

“Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.”

“A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.”

“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.”

“Success is loving life and daring to live it.”

“Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.”

“We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.”

“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.”

“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.”

“Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you.”

“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”

“While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.”

“No one can take the place of a friend, no one.”

“Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it.”

“To those who are given much, much is expected.”

“Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you've got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.”

“I believe that one can never leave home. I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and the dragons of home under one's skin, at the extreme corners of one's eyes and possibly in the gristle of the earlobe.”

“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.”

“Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.”

“While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.”