Maya Angelou citations

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“Nous nous délectons de la beauté du papillon, mais nous admettons rarement les changements qu’il a subi pour atteindre cette beauté.”

“La clef du succès, c'est de s’aimer soi-même, d’aimer ce que l'on fait et d’aimer la façon dont on le fait.”

“Il faut avoir assez de courage pour faire confiance à l'amour une fois de plus et toujours une fois de plus.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.”

“Nothing will work unless you do.”

“I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it.

Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.”

“The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”

“When we come to it
We must confess that we are the possible
We are the miraculous, the true wonders of this world
That is when, and only when
We come to it.”

“Yes. When I’m writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we’re capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness.”

“We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.”

“I know when it’s the best I can do. It may not be the best there is. Another writer may do it much better. But I know when it’s the best I can do.”

“Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise”

“A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true.”