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Top 20 Maria Nhambu Quotes (2025 Update)

Maria Nhambu Quote: “It is not about forgetting but about not letting the past define you. It is about learning from it and embracing its role as your lifetime teacher.”

1. “It is not about forgetting but about not letting the past define you. It is about learning from it and embracing its role as your lifetime teacher.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “In their hearts, they know that we are all created equal in the eyes of God and the universe. Whoever thinks otherwise will never be happy.”

2. “In their hearts, they know that we are all created equal in the eyes of God and the universe. Whoever thinks otherwise will never be happy.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “On the plane leaving Africa, I had a vision of Mama Africa, a powerful and proud African woman carrying the abundant fruits of Africa in a basket. She accompanied me as I gazed down on the continent I was leaving. She would be with me in my new country, Mama Africa assured me, and I would forever be a child of Africa.”

3. “On the plane leaving Africa, I had a vision of Mama Africa, a powerful and proud African woman carrying the abundant fruits of Africa in a basket. She accompanied me as I gazed down on the continent I was leaving. She would be with me in my new country, Mama Africa assured me, and I would forever be a child of Africa.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “I can’t cry so I have to laugh.”

4. “I can’t cry so I have to laugh.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “When my depression turned to anger, I knew I was on the way to recovery.”

5. “When my depression turned to anger, I knew I was on the way to recovery.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “I worked hard at fitting in and becoming an American, but then I discovered that being an American was not enough. I had to be a Black American because that’s how Americans, especially whites, saw me.”

6. “I worked hard at fitting in and becoming an American, but then I discovered that being an American was not enough. I had to be a Black American because that’s how Americans, especially whites, saw me.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “Discovering dance and its power to heal my soul played a key role in my survival.”

7. “Discovering dance and its power to heal my soul played a key role in my survival.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “It was Cathy who taught me the true meaning of the word “risk.” Whenever I see that word written or hear it spoken, I see her face. I see her faith. I see her love and her youth when she took on this challenge. She perceived a need and didn’t wait for everything to fall into place before doing something about it. She did not wait until someone wrote the manual on How to be a Mother to a 19-Year-Old African Orphan When You’re Only 23.”

8. “It was Cathy who taught me the true meaning of the word “risk.” Whenever I see that word written or hear it spoken, I see her face. I see her faith. I see her love and her youth when she took on this challenge. She perceived a need and didn’t wait for everything to fall into place before doing something about it. She did not wait until someone wrote the manual on How to be a Mother to a 19-Year-Old African Orphan When You’re Only 23.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “There is no such thing as immunity from the joy or pain of the past.”

9. “There is no such thing as immunity from the joy or pain of the past.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “In order to survive her tumultuous childhood, Mary created another Fat Mary, a companion and consoler, who took away her hurts, fears, and questions and kept them safe until Mary was older and mature enough to process the abuse and neglect she had endured.”

10. “In order to survive her tumultuous childhood, Mary created another Fat Mary, a companion and consoler, who took away her hurts, fears, and questions and kept them safe until Mary was older and mature enough to process the abuse and neglect she had endured.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “I was suffering from a profound disease called culture shock and a severe case of homesickness. My brain was exhausted trying to figure out a lifestyle and living standards that everyone took for granted and few bothered to explain.”

11. “I was suffering from a profound disease called culture shock and a severe case of homesickness. My brain was exhausted trying to figure out a lifestyle and living standards that everyone took for granted and few bothered to explain.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “How could I live without dancing?”

12. “How could I live without dancing?”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “I was alone. I had no one. No mother, no father, no brothers, no sisters, no grandmas, no grandpas, no uncles, no aunties, no cousins, and no tribe. I’d seen the children at the orphanage laugh or cry when they received news about a family member. I would never receive such news and no family would laugh or cry for me. That day I understood with sharp clarity that I didn’t have a mother who wanted me.”

13. “I was alone. I had no one. No mother, no father, no brothers, no sisters, no grandmas, no grandpas, no uncles, no aunties, no cousins, and no tribe. I’d seen the children at the orphanage laugh or cry when they received news about a family member. I would never receive such news and no family would laugh or cry for me. That day I understood with sharp clarity that I didn’t have a mother who wanted me.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “To them I was first a Black, then a Black from another country, and then a person.”

14. “To them I was first a Black, then a Black from another country, and then a person.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “In your heart, you will always be African, but in America you are a Black American. It is possible and desirable to be both.”

15. “In your heart, you will always be African, but in America you are a Black American. It is possible and desirable to be both.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “Standing up for your human rights is what you must always do.”

16. “Standing up for your human rights is what you must always do.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “I wanted to share with Black Americans the beautiful and empowering aspects of Africa.”

17. “I wanted to share with Black Americans the beautiful and empowering aspects of Africa.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “With tears of joy, I recalled Fat Mary’s role in my childhood. She had been my consoler and counselor since the day I understood I was alone in the world and had no one who loved me or wanted me. I had decided back then that I would love me, fat me, just as I was. Her role was also to safeguard the meaningful and happy moments of my childhood and bring them to me when I needed to remember life’s goodness.”

18. “With tears of joy, I recalled Fat Mary’s role in my childhood. She had been my consoler and counselor since the day I understood I was alone in the world and had no one who loved me or wanted me. I had decided back then that I would love me, fat me, just as I was. Her role was also to safeguard the meaningful and happy moments of my childhood and bring them to me when I needed to remember life’s goodness.”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “Haven’t I always said that no amount of beating, ridicule, or degradation could change your beauty, inside or out?”

19. “Haven’t I always said that no amount of beating, ridicule, or degradation could change your beauty, inside or out?”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “As puzzled as I was by my classmates’ assumptions, their classification of me as a Black American nonetheless comforted me. Could it be that now, finally, I had my own group to belong to? Would Black Americans claim me just because the whites assigned me to them?”

20. “As puzzled as I was by my classmates’ assumptions, their classification of me as a Black American nonetheless comforted me. Could it be that now, finally, I had my own group to belong to? Would Black Americans claim me just because the whites assigned me to them?”

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Maria Nhambu Quote: “Whenever I felt like that, I would have a chat with my own Fat Mary. She was like the sweet fresh air after the rain. She brought me newness, clarity, and relief. She managed to get in touch with and resurrect the free spirit deep inside me. Being one with the spirit allowed me to soar above my everyday reality. I marveled at the beauty of all life and savored the power and possibilities of my imagination.”

21. “Whenever I felt like that, I would have a chat with my own Fat Mary. She was like the sweet fresh air after the rain. She brought me newness, clarity, and relief. She managed to get in touch with and resurrect the free spirit deep inside me. Being one with the spirit allowed me to soar above my everyday reality. I marveled at the beauty of all life and savored the power and possibilities of my imagination.”

— Maria Nhambu

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