48 quotes by Maya Angelou

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

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“They may not remember what you said. They may not remember what you did. But they will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou

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“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.” — Maya Angelou

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“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” — Maya Angelou

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“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.” — Maya Angelou

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“All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.” — Maya Angelou

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“All great achievements require time.” — Maya Angelou

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“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” — Maya Angelou

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

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“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.” — Maya Angelou

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

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“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.” — Maya Angelou

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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.” — Maya Angelou

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“The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.” — Maya Angelou

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“The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.” — Maya Angelou

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“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

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“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.” — 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

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“Life loves the liver of it.” — Maya Angelou

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“There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.” — Maya Angelou

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“If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.” — Maya Angelou

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“Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.” — Maya Angelou

Context:Her last tweet

Source:https://twitter.com/DrMayaAngelou/status/469911477500272642

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“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it” — 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

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“Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.” — Maya Angelou

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