Best Quotes by Maya Angelou (Top 10)

  1. 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.
  2. There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
  3. We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
  4. I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad itseems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I've learned thatyou can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things:a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. I've learned thatregardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they'regone from your life. I've learned that making a living is not the same thing asmaking a life. I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on bothhands; you need to be able to throw some things back. I've learned that wheneverI decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I'velearned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. I've learned thatevery day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, orjust a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn. I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what youdid, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
  5. 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.
  6. Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
  7. I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.
  8. Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
  9. You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
  10. 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.

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