Top 500 Maya Angelou Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Nothing will work unless you do.”

— Maya Angelou

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2. “All great achievements require time.”

— Maya Angelou

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3. “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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4. “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

— Maya Angelou

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

— Maya Angelou

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

— Maya Angelou

7. “Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.”

— Maya Angelou

8. “Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.”

— Maya Angelou

9. “Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it.”

— Maya Angelou

10. “When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.”

— Maya Angelou

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11. “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”

— Maya Angelou

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12. “Live as though life was created for you.”

— Maya Angelou

13. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”

— Maya Angelou

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

— Maya Angelou

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15. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

— Maya Angelou

16. “Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.”

— Maya Angelou

17. “When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.”

— Maya Angelou

18. “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.”

— Maya Angelou

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19. “You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”

— Maya Angelou

20. “Success is loving life and daring to live it.”

— Maya Angelou

21. “The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.”

— Maya Angelou

22. “At the end of the day people won’t remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.”

— Maya Angelou

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23. “You can’t really know where you are going until you know where you have been.”

— Maya Angelou

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

— Maya Angelou

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25. “When you know better you do better.”

— Maya Angelou

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26. “Still I’ll rise.”

— Maya Angelou

27. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”

— Maya Angelou

Featured in: Failure Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Spirituality Quotes

28. “As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.”

— Maya Angelou

29. “If you’re going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased.”

— Maya Angelou

30. “But still, like air, I’ll rise.”

— Maya Angelou

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

— Maya Angelou

32. “Making a living is not the same thing as making a life.”

— Maya Angelou

Featured in: Inspirational Career Quotes

33. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”

— Maya Angelou

34. “I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.”

— Maya Angelou

Featured in: Life Quotes, Change Quotes

35. “As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may not remember your name but they will never forget the way you made them feel.”

— Maya Angelou

36. “First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.”

— Maya Angelou

37. “I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.”

— Maya Angelou

38. “I come as one, but stand as 10,000.”

— Maya Angelou

39. “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”

— Maya Angelou

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

— Maya Angelou

41. “If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.”

— Maya Angelou

42. “Every journey begins with a single step.”

— Maya Angelou

43. “You only are free when you realize you belong no place – you belong every place – no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.”

— Maya Angelou

44. “You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise!”

— Maya Angelou

45. “When you learn, teach, when you get, give.”

— Maya Angelou

46. “Be present in all things and thankful for all things.”

— Maya Angelou

47. “I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”

— Maya Angelou

48. “Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.”

— Maya Angelou

49. “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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50. “No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.”

— Maya Angelou