Motivational Quotes: Maya Angelou

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"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

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

Maya Angelou

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

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

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."

Maya Angelou

"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."

Maya Angelou

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."

Maya Angelou

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

Maya Angelou

"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."

Maya Angelou

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."

Maya Angelou

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

Maya Angelou

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

Maya Angelou

"Nothing will work unless you do."

Maya Angelou

"You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive."

Maya Angelou

"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."

Maya Angelou

"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."

Maya Angelou

"You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it."

Maya Angelou

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

Maya Angelou